Employee Remuneration Practices and Performance of Star- Rated Hotels in Kenya: Moderating Effect of Working Conditions

Abstract: Performance is an organization’s ability to achieve its goals and optimize its. results. Employee remuneration is a human resource function that deals with every type of rewards employees receive in exchange for performing their tasks. It is a practice of employee relations that involves providing monetary and non-monetary benefits to employees. The main objective of this study was to determine the influence of employee remuneration practice and performance of star rated hotels in Kenya. The specific objectives were; wages and salaries, Incentives and bonuses, and fringe benefits, and the moderating variable was working conditions, while the dependent variable was performance of star rated hotels. The theories underpinning this study were, Equity theory and Herzberg two-factor theory. The study used descriptive research design, the target population was 180 star rated hotels, a sample of 116 star rated hotels were selected from each hotel region using stratified random sampling. A structured questionnaire was used to collect primary data. Collected data was analyzed using statistical package for social science version 2.3. Descriptive and Inferential statistics, correlation and linear regression were used to measure the relationship between dependent and independent variables. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine the moderating effect of working conditions on the independent variable employee remuneration and dependent variable performance of star rated hotels. The results of the study were presented in the form of charts, tables and graphs. The descriptive results indicated with a mean of 4.60 and a standard deviation of 0.546 that employee remuneration practices enhanced performance of star rated hotels in Kenya. The correlation results also indicated that there is a very strong and positive correlation (r=0.804) between employee remuneration practices measures and performance of star rated hotels. Regression analysis results and multiple regression results indicated that employee remuneration practices positively influence performance of star rated hotels and it also helps star rated hotels to attract and retain employees. The study recommends that hotels should star rated hotels should remunerate employees well to enhance their performance Keywords: Employee Remuneration practices, performance of star rated hotels, working conditions. Title: Employee Remuneration Practices and Performance of Star- Rated Hotels in Kenya: Moderating Effect of Working Conditions Author: Michael Matofari, Dr. Evelyn Datche, Dr. Peter Sasaka International Journal of Recent Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (IJRRSSH) ISSN 2349-7831 Vol. 11, Issue 3, July 2024 - September 2024 Page No: 143-156 Paper Publications Website: www.paperpublications.org Published Date: 07-September-2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13731988 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.paperpublications.org/upload/book/Employee%20Remuneration%20Practices-07092024-3.pdf