Perceived factors influencing career growth among employees in Multiple Hauliers (E.A) Ltd Kenya

Abstract

This study sought to establish the factors perceived to influence career growth among employees in Multiple hauliers (E.A) Ltd - Kenya .Situations where some people are more successful than others in their careers make this study objective vital and valid to research on in an organization. The objective of this study was to establish the perceived factors influencing career growth among employees in Multiple hauliers (E.A) Ltd - Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. A sample of 140 respondents was drawn from the study population of 1400 employees of the organization. Stratified random sampling was employed for the selection of the sample units. Primary data was collected using selfadministered questionnaires. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics such as mean, mode and standard deviation. Tables, bar graphs, pie charts and percentages were used in presentation. From the study findings most of the respondents agreed that job commitment, training and development, job satisfaction influences, competitive rewards, personality and work characteristics influenced their career growth as well the company has more males than females, most respondents have secondary education and above. Five factors; organizational commitment, job satisfaction, training and development, competitive rewards and personality were identified as significant influencers on career growth. The study concludes that all the five factors studied in this research are instrumental in enhancing career growth of the employees in the organization. The study recommends designing and aligning of human resources strategies to support the implementation of the five factors identified to boost employees career. Further studies should take cognisance of the limitations of this study by expanding the contextual focus by using more than one company in the sample in order to have results that can be generalized