INFLUENCE OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AT THE NATIONAL POLICE SERVICE OF KENYA

Abstract

This study aimed at determining the influence of human resource management practices,on employee performance at the National Police Service of Kenya. A hypothesis that human resource management practices does not influence employee performance at the National Police Service of Kenya was formulated. The study adopted a cross sectional descriptive survey design. A population of 105,200 officers distributed in all the 47
counties of Kenya was used for the study and a sample of 384 was selected. Structured questionnaire with Likert scale type statements was used for data collection. The study used both descriptive and inferential statistics for data analysis. To test that human resource management practices does not influence employee performance at the National Police Service of Kenya, simple linear regression analysis was used. The study results established that human resource management practices employee performance at the National Police Service. The results of this study have contributed to the Ability, Motivation and Opportunity Theory (AMOT), and it is recommended that organizations embrace human resource management practices so as to improve employee performance.

Keywords: Human Resource Management Practices, Employee Performance, National Police
Service of Kenya