Recruitment practices and employee performance in selected branches of national water and sewerage corporation – Kampala Uganda

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2011-09
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Kampala International University, school of Economics and Management
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This study on recruitment practices and employee performance in selected branches of National Water and Sewerage Corporation, Kampala was conducted with the main purpose of establishing the relationship between recruitment practices and employee performance. The researcher carried out this study while being guided by four research objectives; to determine the respondents profile in terms of gender, level of education, age, type of education and length of service; to determine the performance and to establish the relationship between recruitment practices and employees’ performance. Literature suggests that although internal recruitment may lead to increase in employees’ productivity as their motivation level increases, saves time, money and efforts, at times internal recruitment refrains the organization from new blood. This means that hiring from outside has to be done through external recruitment. If this can be done in NWSC Kampala, employee performance would be achieved. The study employed both descriptive and correlation research designs. The population of this study was characterized by Accountants, Plumbers, Field Supervisors, Secretaries, Cleaners and Human Resource Office. Purposive sampling and stratified sampling techniques were used to obtain 221 that acted as sample size. The research findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between recruitment practices and employee performance in NWSC. Findings further revealed that male employees cover the biggest percentage than female employees and majority of the employees are graduates. The researcher recommends that there should ensure that Management of NWSC Kampala should recruit the right employees for the right positions is very vital since it determines the organization success. Recruiters should be trained to find the right candidates to fill the vacant positions.
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A Thesis Presented to the School of Postgraduate Studies and Research Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree o Master of Business Administration - Human Resource Management
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Recruitment practices, Employee performance
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