Effect of Succession Planning on Employee performance in the Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs in Nairobi City County, Kenya
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Date
2021
Authors
Rotich, Jeruto Lydia
Kiiru, David
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Publisher
International Academic Journals
Abstract
Internationally, both the corporate,
international organizations say the UN and
non-governmental organizations encounter
hardships on performance of employees.
Amongst the largest problems that the
organization still encounters is ways of
harnessing talent which improves
performance of an employee. Therefore, this
research looked at establishing the relation
between succession planning and
performance of an employee in the Ministry
of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs in
Nairobi City County, Kenya. The research
was supported by talent-based theory. In this
research, a descriptive study design was
used to carry out the study. The population
target of this research was 332 management
personnel drawn from every in the Ministry
of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs. A
175 sized sample was reached using the
stratified random technique of sampling.
This research applied questionnaires for
collecting primary data. To measure content
validity, professionals, lecturers and
supervisors were requested to provide their
insights on the questionnaire’s adequacy.
Cronbach alpha (α) was used in assessing
the variables reliability. Data that was
collected1from the field filtered, sorted1and
cleaned in1line with research1objectives.
The data1 then underwent1coding, entering
into1and analyzing by use of
Statistical1Package for Social1Sciences
Version 25.0. Analysis1of quantitative data
was done by use of descriptive statistics for
instance the standard deviation and the
mean. This entailed computation of standard
deviation, frequencies, percentages and
means. Regression analysis aided in
analyzing inferential data. Presentation of
the outcomes was done by use of tables.
Analysis of1the qualitative1data gathered by
the questionnaire’s open-ended1sections
was done by use of themes. The study
revealed that succession planning had a
strong, positive and significant effect on the
employee performance in the Ministry of
ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs. The
study recommends that the ministry
should1organize career counseling1sessions
for all employees. The ministries should
have formal succession planning framework
to retain and acquire new talents and skills
that would help the organization
performance. This will get rid of the current
laxity in providing framework for
replacement of key employees in future.
Description
A research article published in International Academic Journal of Human Resource and Business Administration
Keywords
Employee performance, Succession planning, Career counselling, Succession planning framework
Citation
Rotich, J. L, Kiiru, D. (2021) Effect of succession planning on employee performance in the Ministry of ICT, Innovation And Youth Affairs in Nairobi City County, Kenya. International Academic Journal of Human Resource and Business Administration, 3(10), 112-128