Perceived factors influencing career growth among employees in Multiple Hauliers (E.A) Ltd Kenya
Abstract
This study sought to establish the factors perceived to influence career growth among
employees in Multiple hauliers (E.A) Ltd - Kenya .Situations where some people are more
successful than others in their careers make this study objective vital and valid to research on
in an organization. The objective of this study was to establish the perceived factors
influencing career growth among employees in Multiple hauliers (E.A) Ltd - Kenya. The
study adopted a descriptive survey design. A sample of 140 respondents was drawn from the
study population of 1400 employees of the organization. Stratified random sampling was
employed for the selection of the sample units. Primary data was collected using selfadministered
questionnaires. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics such as mean,
mode and standard deviation. Tables, bar graphs, pie charts and percentages were used in
presentation. From the study findings most of the respondents agreed that job commitment,
training and development, job satisfaction influences, competitive rewards, personality and
work characteristics influenced their career growth as well the company has more males than
females, most respondents have secondary education and above. Five factors; organizational
commitment, job satisfaction, training and development, competitive rewards and personality
were identified as significant influencers on career growth. The study concludes that all the
five factors studied in this research are instrumental in enhancing career growth of the
employees in the organization. The study recommends designing and aligning of human
resources strategies to support the implementation of the five factors identified to boost
employees career. Further studies should take cognisance of the limitations of this study by
expanding the contextual focus by using more than one company in the sample in order to
have results that can be generalized
Citation
Master Of Business Administration, University Of Nairobi, 2013.Publisher
University of Nairobi School of Business