Effects of Human Resource Management practices on employee performance among health workers in Sekou Toure Regional Referral Hospital, Mwanza, Tanzania

Asukenye, Grace E (2023) Effects of Human Resource Management practices on employee performance among health workers in Sekou Toure Regional Referral Hospital, Mwanza, Tanzania. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

Human Resource Management (HRM) encompasses a strategical as well as logical methodology for managing workforce within an organization. The overall objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of human resource management practices on employee performance among health workers within Sekou Toure Regional Referral Hospital, Mwanza, Tanzania. Specifically, these specific objectives are addressed by the study: To determine the influence of training and development on employee performance; To evaluate the influence of compensation on employee performance among health; Descriptive research design was utilized, allowing the researcher to collect data from the target population. To choose a total of 164 participants from the overall study population simple random sampling was utilized. Information was gathered through the utilizing questionnaires which were verified using face validity and assessed for reliability utilizing Cronbach alpha that revealed a reliability coefficient of 0.832 value. Inferential statistics plus Descriptive analysis were adopted in data analysis through means usage, percentages, Frequencies, standard deviation, Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Linear Regression using SPSS version 24.0. The findings were presented using tables. Results revealed that training and development significantly affects performance of workers, Compensation significantly affects worker performance, and appraisal of performance significantly affects worker performance. It was concluded that both training plus development, performance appraisal as well as compensation significantly influence performance. The investigation recommends improvement of training and development, employee compensation as well as performance appraisal system within the institution. These findings may be significant to the ministry of health, human resource stakeholders in making decisions and the scholarly body for references.

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