ULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIRMENTS FOR THE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINSTRATION (MBA) SPECIALIZATION IN Human RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Abstract

his research was conducted to examine the effect of staff retention policies on organizational commitment in the case of awash bank (AWIB) Branches in Hawassa City using drivers of organizational commitment as an indicator. Data was gathered from all branches (in Hawassa City. Descriptive and inferential statistics was used to analyze the empirical data and also cluster sampling was used followed by systematic sampling to select the samples. Primary data were collected using five Point Likert-Scale questionnaires and a structured interview and 150 questionnaires were properly filled and returned. Statistical package for social science studies (SPSS) version 25 was used to analyze empirical data collected through the close ended questionnaire. The independent variables are compensation, job security, Training and development, working conditions, supervisor support culture, and organizational justice whereas the dependent variable is employees’ organizational commitment. The mean and standard deviation of the dependent and independent variables were computed and interpreted. Pearson correlation Coefficient (r) was used to determine the relationship between each independent variable with the dependent variable. The correlation result indicated that there were positive relationship between all of independent variables and the dependent variable. This implies that any increase or decrease on the independent variable will bring corresponding change on employees’ organizational commitment. It’s found that the independent variables has a 73% influence on the dependent variable while the remaining 27% is influenced by factors unaccounted in this research. It was concluded that the organization’s management expectation to increase overall employees’ commitment as a result of the said staff retention policies did not materialize for various reasons such as lengthy and bureaucratic process, various eligibility criterion… etc.