INTERVENING ROLE OF JOB TENURE IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOB SECURITY AND JOB STABILITY OF UNIVERSITY CATERING EMPLOYEES IN NAIROBI CITY, KENYA

Abstract

The study sought to find out the intervening role of job tenure in the relationship between job security and job stability of University catering employees in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The objective of the study was to establish the relationship between job security and job stability of university catering employees. There has been an outcry by the university hospitality staffs of being employees in terms of contract or casual employments with very few staffs being employed on permanent terms and a very small number being employed on permanent and pensionable terms of service. As a result, limited job security, low morale, low job embeddedness, little commitment coupled with job instability. Therefore, the current study covered aspects of; job tenure, job security and job stability. The study was descriptive covering a stratified sample of 189 respondents drawn from 300 employees. Data was collected through self-administered questionnaires and an interview guide questions. The two tailed Pearson product moment correlation was used and interpreted as follows; 0.010 to 0.041 implied, insignificant relationships; 0.041 to 0.70 implied, a moderate relationship; while > 0.70 implied a significant positive relationship. Meanwhile, negative value implied an inverse relationship. The results indicated that, a high response rate of 80.42% was obtained, thus high validity and reliability of data. There is a small definite positive relationship between job security and job tenure of university catering employees as demonstrated by a p-value of 0.2. The findings also showed that, there is a Moderate positive relationship between job security and job stability of university catering employees. There is a slightly almost negligible relationship between job tenure and job stability of university catering employees as demonstrated by the p-value of 0.2. The findings revealed that, Job security accounts for 1.3% of the variation in job tenure of university catering employees. The findings also showed that, Job security accounts for 0.1% of the variation in job stability of university catering employees. The results showed that, Job tenure accounts for 1.3% of the variation in job stability of university catering employees. In conclusion, job tenure plays a key intervening role in the Relationship between Job Security and Job Stability of University Catering Employees. Therefore, University managements should focus on improving job tenures of university catering jobs. This is to ensure their job security and job stability. Keywords: Job Tenure, Job Security, Job Stability, university catering employees, employees attachment.