Implementation of Strategic Human Resource Management Policies and Labour Turnover in Nigeria organizations: A Study of Emenite Company Ltd, Enugu State

Abstract

In this study, Implementation of Strategic Human Resource Management Policies and Labour Turnover in Nigeria Organisations: A Study of Emenite Company Limited, Emene, Enugu State, the researcher’s interest focused on finding the impact of some SHRM policies implementation on the rate of job turnover. Taro Yamene’s formula was used to draw the sample of approximately 116 respondents from the population of 168 employees in the study institution. The primary data were collected through the instrument of questionnaire and observation. The secondary data were sourced from textbooks, journals, magazines, newspapers, libraries and the internet. Likert Scale formula and z-test statistics were adopted in the data analyses and hypotheses testing. The result of the study reveals that the identified HR policies well implemented and vigorously practised results in extremely low rate of turnover in organisations as evident in the hypotheses tests. On the other hand, the reverse becomes the case (high rate of labour turnover) when those policies were poorly implemented as employees will leave the services of the company in droves. The study recommends as panacea to high rate of labour turnover that: (1) management of human resource in any organization should be a strategic issue; (2) organizations should embrace joint ownership programmes to provide employees opportunity for sense of belonging and retention; (3) organization should maintain a standard compensation or remuneration package above the industry standard to keep their employees; (4) organization should maintain a coherent appraisal systems for promotion, recognition and reward for high performing employees; and (5) maintain unbiased functioning grievance procedures for disciplinary measures and avoid preferential treatment and god-fatherism.