Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of employee competence on the relationship between HRM Practices and employee performance. The research was based on ability, motivation and opportunity theory and human capital theory. Positivism research philosophy and descriptive cross-sectional survey were used. Stratified random sampling was used to study a sample of 384 National Police Service officers. Primary data was collected using structured questionnaires. Data was analyzed using inferential statistics. The study findings showed that employee competence moderates the relationship between human resource management practices and employee performance at the National Police Service. Similar study should be done using the private security sector in Kenya especially this time when the private security guards are being empowered by issuing them with guns Keywords: Human Resource Management Practices, Performance, National Police Service, Kenya DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/13-22-04 Publication date: November 30 th 2021
Highlights
HRM practices relate to proper policies, which may attract and retain employees (Indermun, 2014)
The study sought to determine the effect of employee competence on the relationship between HRM Practices and employee performance through formulation of the following hypothesis; H1: The Relationship between Human Resource Management Practices and Employee Performance is significantly moderated by Employee Competence
This was tested by computing composite indices for Human Resource Management Practices dimensions, employee competence dimensions and employee performance dimensions
Summary
HRM practices relate to proper policies, which may attract and retain employees (Indermun, 2014). HRM practices have to be implemented in order to achieve organizational goals in a volatile competive environment. Human resources are highly valued organizational assets; the need to adopt HRM practices in order to remain competitive. Boyatzis (1982) defines competence as an individual’s underlying characteristics which changes in certain situations. Competence is described as a skill, trait or a body of knowledge processed by an individual in line of duty. Rychen and Salganik, (2002) concurs that competence is the skill or aptitude to perform a complicated task within the set deadlines. Competence may be conceptualized as those individual dispositions such as goals, intentions and personal attributes attached to a particular position which result to improved performance
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