Effect of recruitment and selection of employees on the performance of small and medium enterprises in Kisumu municipality, Kenya
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2012Author
Jonathan W Omolo, Moses N Oginda, Willis Yuko Oso
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The study investigated the effect recruitment and election on the performance of SMEs in Kisumu
Municipality, Kenya. Kenya has 1.6 million SMEs, constituting 96% of business enterprises,
employing 75% of the labour force and contributing 20% to GDP. But their performance has been
poor in the last decade. Hence the need to determine the suitable recruitment and selection
strategies that could increase their performance. The study found that the overall average
performance of SMEs in Kisumu Municipality was 60.71%. There was a significant positive
correlation between recruitment and selection, and performance of SMEs at α = .01. The average
performance of SMEs with good recruitment and selection was 81.90%; with moderate was
67.94%, with poor was 53.90%. Recruitment and selection account for 40.8% of the total variance
in performance of SMEs. The study concludes that recruitment and selection has a significant
effect on the performance of SMEs in Kisumu Municipality.