ASSESSMENT ON THE EFFECT OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PRACTICE ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN KANO ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY 2013-2018
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2021
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Human resources management practices are the cradle of achieving efficiency,
productivity and improved employee performance in every organization. Organizations
that have effective human resources management practice, hire the right people, train
them well, create an internal organization that allow them to fully express their potential
and reward them appropriately by putting the right incentive in place. This study is
“Assessment of the Effect of Human Resources Management Practice on employee
performance in Kano Electricity Distribution Company from 2013-2018.” The main
objective was to assess the Effect of Human Resources Management Practice of
recruitment, compensation and training reforms on Employee performance in Kano
Electricity Distribution Company. The data for the study was generated from both
primary and secondary sources. The instrument used in the Primary sources was the
administration of questionnaire and interview. 331 questionnaires were administered to
331 respondents and 288 were retrieved. Interview was conducted on 20 management
staff of KEDCO Headquarter, Kano, Katsina and Jigawa regional offices. The alternates
sources of data include, textbooks, journals, Gazettes, circulars, unpublished papers and
dissertation. Multistage sampling technique was used in dividing the population of the
study while simple random sampling is used in selecting sample size. Both descriptive
and inferential statistics were used in analyzing and presenting the data obtained in the
studies. Multiple regressions was used in testing the hypothesis. The study discovered that
Human Resources Management Practice of recruitment, compensation and training has a
positive and significant effect on employee performance in Kano Electricity Distribution
Company. It also found that compensation packages in KEDCO have helped in boosting
the morale and performance of Employees. The study also recommends among others, that deliberate and concerted efforts should be made to ensure that salary earning is stable
and as at when due. This will help to retain employee and boost their morale to enhance
organizational Performance in general, the management should ensure that needs
assessment criteria are judiciously applied in selecting employees for training.