Actors affecting employee retention in Tanzania’s public sector: A case of Tanzania Ports Authority in Dar es salaam
| dc.contributor.author | Katolo, Teddy John | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-10T14:12:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-05-10T14:12:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description | Available in print form, East Africana Collection, Dr.Wilbert Chagula Library, (THS EAF HF55.5.R58T34K34) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Employee retention strategies have much benefits that can be experienced , integrated incorporated and adopted by public organizations. In the dynamic changes and nature of the organization, it is thus imperative for management to engage and involve employees in attaining retention strategies in order to effectively steer through challenges related to employees’ job dissatisfaction. The general objective of this study was to assess the influencing employee’s retention in Tanzania public sectors. Meanwhile, the study was concerned at assessing the existing gaps in retention strategies offered by public sector to the employees in Tanzania. In order to attain the aims and intention of this study; a total number of 167 respondents were involved through convenient sampling method with directive from quantitative method of data collection by the use of questionnaire and analysed by SPSS version 20. The findings of this study revealed that job security, working condition and employee compensation have statistical significance influence to the employee retention in Tanzania Ports Authority. Also it further revealed that, employees are the engine that play important role, drives productivity as well as results of the organization, hence they need to have long term contracts, participation in decision making, occupational health and safety, training and advancement, good channel of communication, pension benefits, job flexibility, salaries, increase, reward, incentive package as well as medical benefit and insurance. The result of this study can be undertaken by public organizations to develop policies. Regulations, practices, and different strategies that enable to have high levels of employee retention in Tanzania, while in creating greater efficiencies and effective in attaining retention in Tanzania, while in creating greater efficiencies and effective in attaining retention strategies in the public sector, specifically at Tanzania Ports Authority. The findings of this study provide a room for further studies on areas of investigating the nature of organizations towards employee retention in Tanzania public sector. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Katolo, T. J (2017) Actors affecting employee retention in Tanzania’s public sector: A case of Tanzania Ports Authority in Dar es salaam, Masters dissertation, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://41.86.178.5:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/15219 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Dar es Salaam | en_US |
| dc.subject | Employee retantion | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tanzania Ports Authority | en_US |
| dc.subject | Dar es Salaam region | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.title | Actors affecting employee retention in Tanzania’s public sector: A case of Tanzania Ports Authority in Dar es salaam | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |