INFLUENCE OF STAFF RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PRACTICES ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MACHAKOS COUNTY,KENYA
INFLUENCE OF STAFF RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PRACTICES ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MACHAKOS COUNTY, KENYA
Agnes Wanza Mutuku
Phd student, School of Business and Economics, Machakos University, Kenya
Prof. Robert Arasa
Lecturer, School of Business and Economics, Machakos University, Kenya
Dr. Jacinta Kinyili
Lecturer, School of Business and Economics, Machakos University, Kenya
ABSTRACT
Organizations worldwide primarily exist to achieve specific goals. The study sought to examine the influence of teaching staff recruitment and selection on the academic performance of secondary schools in Machakos County, Kenya. The resource based theory, universalistic theory and the human capital theory informed this study. The study employed mixed methods research design. The target population was the 413 secondary schools in Machakos County. The school principals were selected as units of observation. Purposive sampling was used to select six secondary schools from where the key informants in this study were drawn. This consisted of the two national, top two performing and bottom two non performing secondary schools in Machakos County. The rest of the schools were selected using stratified sampling based on the category of school where a sample size of 201 was yielded. The study used primary data that was collected using self-administered semi-structured questionnaires and interview schedules. Qualitative data collected was analysed using content analysis while for the quantitative data, descriptive analysis and inferential analysis were carried out. Both bivariate and multivariate regression analyses were conducted to determine the relationship between the study variables. The study found that human resource management practices under study namely teaching staff recruitment and selection was a significant variable that influences academic performance.
