Assessment on the Effectiveness of Strategies Used by the Judiciary of Tanzania to Retain its Employees, a case study of various court institutions in Lake Zone region

Mtunzi, Hafidhi M. (2024) Assessment on the Effectiveness of Strategies Used by the Judiciary of Tanzania to Retain its Employees, a case study of various court institutions in Lake Zone region. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of strategies used by the Judiciary of Tanzania to retain its employees. It was guided by specific objectives such as to find out the effects of work-life balance on employee retention in the judicial departments, to find out the effects of training and development on employee retention in the judicial department and to find out the effects of employees’ engagement on the employees’ retention in the judicial department. This study followed a quantitative research design whereby 183 questionnaires were administered to the respondents obtain simple random sampling. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS version 25. The study found that that work–life balance describes the state of balance where a person equally prioritizes the demands of one’s career and the demand of the personal life, this is the idea of blending work responsibility and personal responsibilities. Moreover, it was revealed that training and development means the educational activities within an organization that are designed to improve the job performance of individuals or groups of employees. On the other hand, employee engagement was considered as the degree to which employee invest their cognitive, emotional and behavioural energies towards positive organizational outcomes. This implies that retention of employees in the judicial department depends highly on the presence of practices such as work-life balance, training and development and employee engagement. In the same vein this study will enhances policy formulation and development in the area of human resource management taking into account the change of working environment. Keywords: Judiciary, Employees, Retention strategies, Work Life Balance, Employee Engagement

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