Thesis:

Influence of staff promotion systems on employee performance in Nakuru county Kenya

The Kenyan government implemented decentralization to bring services closer to people under the 2010 Constitution. This made the counties recruit employees and acquire the those who were in the former municipalities and local authorities established in the era of the old constitution. However, transition have not been easy as there have been numerous challenges raging from political, structural, legal, infrastructural as well as human resource gaps. The challenges have been a barrier to establishment and implementation of staff promotion systems which ultimately hinders employee operational efficiency. The investigation seeks for evaluate the impact of staff promotion systems on staff efficiency of Nakuru County workers. The following research goals acted as the foundation that informs the direction of the investigation; to investigate the role that performance-driven advancement systems have in the workplace on performance of Nakuru County employees; to evaluate the effect of merit-based promotion system on performance of Nakuru County employees; to evaluate the impact of competency-based promotion system on efficiency of Nakuru County staff; In aims of searching the main course of seniority-based promotion system on worker efficiency of Nakuru County workers . The analysis was solidly based on the Expectancy Theory and Social Exchange hypothesis. This research methodology encompasses qualitative as well as qualitative approaches were embraced in line with the MMRD technique. The study focused on 6,100 Nakuru County employees and 376 was chosen as a sample through the use of multi-stage selection procedures. Employee questionnaires and Key Informant (KI) interview schedules were used to gather data. To confirm validity and reliability, 30 employees from Uasin Gishu County, which is homogeneous to Nakuru County, were chosen to take part in a preliminary investigation of the research equipment' capabilities. For the purpose of analyzing the qualitative information, there was a thematic approach was employed. SPSS, was employed to do the analysis on the quantitative results. Following being paired with descriptive data, the findings of the research were made available in the form of graphical representations following the presentation. The methods of association, multivariate regression, and the Chi-square test were applied to find out the method of association among the data points. The study revealed that there was no adequate implementation of staff promotion systems in Nakuru County; based on performance (µ = 2.7), merit (µ = 2.5), competence (µ = 2.5) and seniority (µ = 2.4). This was could have the poor achievement that resulted from it of the employees as shown by the µ = 2.6. This was characterized by little employee motivation and morale to assist in the accomplishment of the purposes and targets that have been established generally in the county, low employee loyalty, non-collaboration among colleagues as well as low loyalty and staff retention. County governments need to develop and execute effective promotion systems that adapt to changing workforce dynamics, human resource practices, and employee welfare to ensure quality services to citizens.