EFFECT OF CAREER MANAGEMENT ON ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE (A STUDY OF UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA TEACHING HOSPITAL, ENUGU)
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This research work examined the effect of career management on organizational performance. The specific objective of the study includes to: ascertain the extent to which career management affects employees’ retention. The sources of data used were the primary and secondary sources. The population of the study was 5,236, while the sample size of 372 was determined using Taro Yamane’s formula. The major instrument of data collection was the questionnaire. The data collected were presented in tables using frequencies and percentages and analyzed using the five point Likert scale. The hypothesis was tested using the chi-square distribution formula. The finding included that career management had significant positive effect on employees’ retention. The researcher concluded that it is imperative that organizations should have a progressive career development that is satisfactory to the employees as it will reduce high rate of turnover in the organization. That effective career programmes have an important role in building sustainable organizations and for offering employees a meaningful focus for their future. It was recommended that organization should ensure that they have career ladder that has growth potential that will enable employees reach their peak and cause their retention in the in the organization. Also employees should be encouraged through training and retraining to enable them make significant progress in their career.
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