Perspectives of staff members on recruitment and hiring processes: a case study of Molemole Local Municipality

The study investigates the perspective of the staff members on the recruitment and hiring process in Molemole Local Municipality. The objectives of the study were to gather the perceptions of the staff members on the recruitment and hiring processes, to investigate factors that influence recruitment and hiring processes, examine the effects of the factors influencing recruitment and determine measures for transparent and fair recruitment and hiring processes in Molemole Local Municipality. The non-probability purposive sampling was used to select participants for the qualitative phase of the study and probability simple random sampling was used for the quantitative phase. Qualitative data was collected through semi-structured interviews and survey questionnaires with close-ended questions for the quantitative data collection. The collected data was coded and captured on the latest vision of SPSS, pie charts, tables and bar graphs to describe the results. The qualitative data was subjected to thematic analysis through Atlas.ti. The study findings revealed that factors such as nepotism and corruption play a major role in the lack of transparency and unfairness of the recruitment and hiring processes at the municipality. These factors have a severe impact on the recruitment and hiring processes as they lead to incompetencies which affect the quality of service rendered by the municipality to the people. The study concludes that there is poor adherence, fairness and transparency in the recruitment and hiring processes at the municipality.

Author dc:creator

• Moreti, Mmamoloko Lavia

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Kone, L. R.
• Nkuna, N.

• Employees
• Local Municipality
• Public sector research
• Recruitment

Statement dc:rights

• University of Venda

Language dc:language.iso

en

Repository record dc:identifier.uri

http://univendspace.univen.ac.za/handle/123456789/2757

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:univendspace.univen.ac.za:123456789/2757