Authors : Joyline Cherono Mabwai; Dr. Rosemarie Wanyoike

Volume/Issue : Volume 10 - 2025, Issue 7 - July

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/25jul882

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Abstract : Organizations spend more on specific human resources to achieve their objectives as well as their vision and mission. For an organization to surpass its expectation there is a need for employee continual appraisal, re-assessment as well as capacity building within the work context to sustain employee performance. To examine the effectiveness of HRP and employee performance in Multinational Companies and examined the influence of staff retention, and training & development. The success and the profitability of any organization are purely dependent on employees. General systems theory, strategic contingency theory and Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory were theoretical foundations. Since the goal of the study is to comprehend the research findings in a clear and concise manner, a descriptive research design was used. Unit of analysis was the staff working in Multinationals Companies. The study target population are 350 respondents with 186 responded sampled, the main data collection instrument in this study was structured questionnaires that was subjected to reliability testing using Cronbach Alpha of 0.7. Content validity was used to determine the relevance of the question to meeting study objectives. Data analysis was carried out through descriptive statistics while multiple linear regression showed cause and effect relationships using SPSS version 26 between independent and dependent variables. Pearson correlation helped in determining the association between variables about the direction and also magnitude at a 5% level of significance with a 95% level of confidence, tables were used in the data presented. Staff retention has a major impact on employee performance, according to the study, which also found that it positively and statistically significantly influences employee performance. Training and development had a statistically significant impact on employee performance, according to the study, which also found that a one-unit increase in training and development would result in an improvement in employee performance. The following recommendations for the benefit of multinational corporations and other organizations: By offering mechanisms like mentoring programs and funding further education for its staff, multinational corporations may capitalize on their workers' drive for growth. Organizations may enhance their talent pool and increase employee satisfaction by retraining and upskilling their workforce.

Keywords : Human Resource Planning, Employee Performance, Staff Retention, Training & Development, Multinational Companies.

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