Organizational politics, employee engagement and employee retention among health workers of Kampala Hospital
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between organizational politics,
employee engagement and employee retention among health workers of Kampala Hospital. The
problem of the study was low employee engagement and employee retention as a result of
organizational politics. Kampala Hospital was faced with rampant labor turnover leading to a loss
of competent and committed human resource. In response, Kampala Hospital decided to improve
salary packages offered to their employees. Regardless of the efforts, labor turnover persisted thus
threatening the performance and survival of the Hospital (2011). The following specific objectives
will guide the study;
i. To examine the relationship between Organizational politics and Employee engagement
ii. To examine the relationship between Employee engagement and Employee retention
iii. To examine the relationship between Organizational politics and Employee retention.
The study used a cross sectional research design. A sample of 50 respondents was selected
using the convenient sampling method. The instrument used to collect the data was questionnaires.