Influence of Human Resource Practices on Workplace Diversity among State Corporations in Mombasa County, Kenya

Abstract

The study was aimed to analyze the influence of human resource practices on diversity among state corporations in Mombasa County. Specific objectives were; to determine the influence of recruitment and selection on diversity among state corporations in Mombasa county, to analyze the influence of training and development on diversity among state corporations in Mombasa county, to investigate the influence of compensation on diversity among state corporations in Mombasa county and finally to establish the influence of succession planning on diversity among state corporations in Mombasa county. The study involved selected major state corporations with headquarters in Mombasa County. The study was anchored on resource based theory, Ability, Motivation and Opportunity (AMO) theory and Institutional Theory. The study adopted a descriptive research design and targeted 137 employees in the human resource department in the five selected state corporations in Mombasa County. Structured questionnaire containing a five pointed Likert scale were used. Data collected was edited and sorted for completeness and analyzed with the help of statistical package for social sciences (SPSS version 22). Descriptive and inferential statistics frequencies and percentages as well as tables and graphs were used to present the analyzed data so as to facilitate a clear interpretation of results and assist in drawing conclusions. The study found that human resource practices that is recruitment and selection, training, compensation, succession planning significantly (p value < 0.05) influence workplace diversity among state corporations in Mombasa County. The study concluded that all state corporations in Mombasa County should embrace workplace diversity to improve their performance.