Abstract:
County governments in Kenya have advised employee retention strategies in a bid
to safeguard their valuable human resource. This analyzed the effect of collective
bargaining agreement on employee retention among medical practitioners in
Kirinyaga County. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The target
population was 930 medical practitioners. A sample size of 272 participants was
obtained through Krejcie and Morgan tables and stratified random sampling.
Primary data was collected using mixed questionnaires from selected respondents
while secondary data was sourced from Kirinyaga County website and database.
Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. A regression model of
CBA predictors was run against employee retention. Based on the findings, the
coefficient of correlation (r = 0.641) revealed that there existed a moderate strong
positive relationship between collective bargaining agreement implementation and
employee retention. The coefficient of determination (R2 = .411) revealed that
collective bargaining agreement implementation explained about 41.1% of the
changes in employee retention among medical practitioners in County Governments
in Kenya. This shows that 58.9% of the employee retention could be explained by
other factors other than CBA implementation. This led to the conclusion that CBA
implementation had an effect on employee retention among medical practitioners in
County Governments in Kenya. It is recommended that the County Governments in
Kenya implement collective bargaining agreements entered into with the medical
practitioners to enhance employee retention.
