MODERATING ROLE OF WELFARE IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TALENT MANAGEMENT AND JOB STABILITY OF UNIVERSITY CATERING EMPLOYEES IN NAIROBI CITY, KENYA

Abstract

The study sought to find out the moderating role of welfare initiatives in the relationship between talent management and job stability of University Catering Employees in Nairobi, Kenya. The study was descriptive covering a stratified sample of 189 respondents drawn from 300 employees. Data was collected through self-administered questionnaires. The two tailed Pearson product moment correlation was used and interpreted as follows; 0.010 to 0.041 implied, insignificant relationships; 0.041 to 0.70 implied, a moderate relationship; while> 0.70 implied a significant positive relationship. Meanwhile, negative value implied an inverse relationship. The results indicated that, a high response rate of 80.42% was obtained, thus high validity and reliability of data. The results of two tailed Pearson correlation gave us a p-value of 0.10, an indication that, there is a very strong significant positive relationship between talent management and job stability of university catering employees. The results further showed that, there is a Strong Positive relationship between welfare initiatives; Housing facilities (0.9), Canteen facilities (0.71), Pension policy (0.8) and talent management of university catering employees. Moreover, the results also showed that, there is a Moderate Positive relationship between welfare initiatives; Transfers assistance (0.7), recreational facilities (0.7), leave policy (0.6) and talent management of university catering employees. The results showed that there is a very strong positive significant positive relationship between the welfare initiatives; Transfer assistance, Recreational facilities, Long service grants, and job stability of university catering employees. The study findings showed that, talent management accounts for 2% of the variation in Job Stability. The findings showed that, welfare initiatives accounts for 20% of the variation in talent management of University catering employees. In conclusion, welfare initiatives play a pivotal role in the relationship between talent management and job stability of University Catering Employees in Nairobi, Kenya. The study therefore recommends that, university’s management should embark on provision of adequate contemporally welfare initiatives, effective talent management Keywords: Welfare Initiatives, Talent Management, Job Stability, employees attachment.