Assessing the Relationship Between Hiring Practice and Quality Service Delivery in Counties of the Lake Region Economic Bloc Kenya

Abstract

Human Resource management practices like hiring is some of the practices which made County governments in Kenya to be inaugurated in the year 2013 to help deliver quality services. Since then, it has been evident that County governments have been experiencing a myriad of problems that constrain their delivery capabilities. This study aimed at assessing the relationship between hiring practice and quality service Delivery in Lake Region economic bloc county governments in Kenya. This study was anchored on objective factor theory supported by expectancy and human capital theories. The study used an explanatory design. The target population was nine hundred and eighty-five counties resource officials. A sample size of 356 through Yamane‟s (1979) sample size formula at a 95% confidence level, p=0.5 formula was used. Stratified and simple random sampling was applied. Data collection was through questionnaire. Results for the objective, hiring practice was positively significant in relationship to quality service delivery. The study recommended that, County government should always engage professional associations in hiring process and ensure appropriate hiring methods.