Human Resource Management practices on the Performance of Employees in a selected Hospitality Sector in Abuja

Résumé

In a vibrant situation, existence and prosperity are grounded on excellence distribution procedure, which is principally reliant on the skills and competences of the individuals within organizations. The skills and aptitudes of the workers in any organizations could be enriched through appropriate practice of human resource management. The objective of this study was to evaluate human resource management practices on the performance of employees in selected hospitality sector in Abuja. Data were collected using adapted instrument (questionnaire) on past research related to human resource management practices on the performance of employee in organizations. Furthermore, sample size for this study was 57 employees with the population of 245. Hypotheses formulated in null form were tested using multiple regression analysis for the analysis of data for this study. The tested hypotheses for training showed positive significant effect of training on the performance of employees in the hospitality sector in Abuja. Tested hypothesis for performance evaluation also revealed a positive significant effect of performance evaluation on the performance of employees in the hospitality sector in Abuja. This study would help the owners of hospitality sector in Abuja to identify grey areas which they could improve on, particularly the training needs of their employees, in order to increase their productivity. This study concluded that if owners of hospitality sector in Abuja would make effective use of the human resource management practices, it would be able to achieve the overall objectives of the organization in getting the best output from the employees. This can improve the efficiencies of staff in discharging their duties and responsibilities. The study recommends that the owners of hospitality sector in Abuja should give priority to training of their employees to enhance staff efficiency for attainment of organizational set objectives at minimal costs.