Impacts of Human Resource Management Practices in Retaining Scarce and Skilled Workers in the Public Sectors of Cameroon

Abstract

Human Resource Management practices have gain enormous interest by the researchers due to its influence on worker retention. It is therefore imperative for organisations to institute appropriate measures to keep treasured workers. Effectual implementation of HRM practices can help organisations to retain their scarce and skilled workers. Organisations in all sectors are operating in highly competitive environment which requires that these institutions retain their core employees in order to gain and retain competitive advantage . It is against this background that the main endeavor of this research is to identify HR practices that affect workers retention in the public sector of Cameroon. The role of the human resources management in employee retention is critical since there practices impact directly on the employees’ feelings about the organization. This paper sought to find out the influence of human resources management on staff retention in the public sector of Cameroon. The study was purely based on literature review. From the review of several empirical studies it was established that human resources practices significantly influences intention to leave of staff and hence there is need to embrace the practices that promotes staff retention. After analysing the data, the ensuring findings revealed that in spite of the results it still has a lot of setbacks coming from the methodology used, time, respondents and geographical limitations. From this conclusion, this study hopes to recommends the change of centralised leadership, eliminating discrimination and bias, installing a systematic and fair reward system, and providing compensation benefits and allowances such as medical insurance.