Abstract:
Despite the scholarly acknowledgement of the core roles of employees in
organisational development, the major issues border around how these
employees can be retained to reap the gains. Particularly, in the health sector
of Ghana, employee retention has become topical in recent time. Thus, the
present examined the influence of human resource management on employee
retention at the Christian Health Association of Ghana, Jasikan Diocese. The
study used quantitative approach and descriptive research design. Selfadministered
questionnaire was used to gather data from a sample of 128
employees out of a population 189 to address the objectives of the study. The
frequency and percentage, means, standard deviations and multiple regression
were used for data analyses through the SPSS (V26). The study found that the
institution have career development such as career counseling, coaching and
mentoring programs and the purpose of career development is to enhance
employee retain and help fulfil the career goals of employees. The study also
found that career development, training and development, rewards and
compensation and performance appraisal have statistically significant positive
effect on employee retention. The study concluded that career development,
training and development, rewards and compensation, performance appraisal
contribute to employee retention. The study recommends that the Management
of the Christian Healthcare Association of Ghana (CHAG), Jasikan Diocese
should develop effective reward and compensation, training and development
system that will motivate and increase employee level of commitment to stay.
There should be effective performance appraisal procedures that are objective,
fair and authentic to influence employee retention.
