Causes and Effects of Labour Turnover on the Performance of Local Government Authorities in Tanzania: A Case of Iramba District Council

Ndamo, Martine Phillipo (2019) Causes and Effects of Labour Turnover on the Performance of Local Government Authorities in Tanzania: A Case of Iramba District Council. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study specifically intended to examine the causes of labour turnover at Iramba District Council, assessing the relationship between labour turnover and the performance of local government and in the end the study identified strategies to reduce labour turnover at Iramba District. The design of this study was descriptive statistics which employed to provide a relevant data. The study employed interview method, questionnaire as well as a documentary review as the main data collection methods. Data was collected from 326 respondents. Data analysis was done by using NVIVO and SPSS software. The main findings of this study revealed that Iramba DC faced a problem of labour turnover which is caused by the following reasons, salary dissatisfaction, poor working conditions, lack of opportunity for career advancement, staffs are not involved in decision making, lack of assistance for employee programme, input of employees is not appreciated and work boredom. Also the findings showed that the problem of labour turnover had impacted on the performance of Iramba DC. The impacts include wastage of resources, reduction in work productivity, quality of service produced and loss of customers. The findings of this study implied that policy makers and regulatory bodies should continue put strategies on how to minimize employee turnover, by changing or improving existing policies towards recruitment, selection, induction, training, job design and wage payment.

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