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CHAPTER 6PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH RESULTS6.1 INTRODUCTIONIn <strong>the</strong> previous chapter <strong>the</strong> content <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> current <strong>recruitment</strong> <strong>an</strong>d <strong>selection</strong><strong>policy</strong> <strong>in</strong> DWAF was discussed. The research design <strong>an</strong>d process used <strong>in</strong> thisempirical study was described <strong>in</strong> chapter 4. The results <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> study arepresented <strong>in</strong> this chapter. Information regard<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> research response isfollowed by a presentation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> respondents’ demographic characteristics. Thedata is presented <strong>in</strong> terms <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>recruitment</strong> <strong>an</strong>d <strong>selection</strong> model discussed <strong>in</strong>section 3.6. Open-ended questions, designed to facilitate recommendations forimprovement to <strong>the</strong> current <strong>recruitment</strong> <strong>an</strong>d <strong>selection</strong> <strong>practice</strong>s, is also discussedaccord<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong>mes.6.2 RESEARCH RESPONSEAs <strong>in</strong>dicated <strong>in</strong> Chapter 4 (section 4.4.4) <strong>the</strong> size <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> population <strong>of</strong> newappo<strong>in</strong>tees is 51. These were surveyed by me<strong>an</strong>s <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> convenience sampl<strong>in</strong>gmethod. The population size for l<strong>in</strong>e m<strong>an</strong>agers <strong>an</strong>d HR m<strong>an</strong>ager depended on <strong>the</strong>availability <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> employees <strong>an</strong>d concluded to be 13 <strong>an</strong>d 6 respectively. Table6.1 depicts <strong>the</strong> statistics <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> data collection process. Although overallparticipation was good, <strong>an</strong>d above <strong>the</strong> researcher’s expectation, o<strong>the</strong>rrespondents were negative <strong>an</strong>d some <strong>in</strong>timidated.A great number (67 percent) <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> perm<strong>an</strong>ent appo<strong>in</strong>tees responded while <strong>the</strong>rest were unavailable, (out <strong>of</strong> town on <strong>of</strong>ficial bus<strong>in</strong>ess). The 20 percent nonrespond<strong>in</strong>gfixed-term appo<strong>in</strong>tees <strong>an</strong>d <strong>the</strong> 53 percent non-respond<strong>in</strong>g l<strong>in</strong>em<strong>an</strong>agers <strong>an</strong>d <strong>the</strong> 50 percent non-respond<strong>in</strong>g HR m<strong>an</strong>agers were unavailabledue to workload <strong>an</strong>d o<strong>the</strong>r responsibilities. Though short–term appo<strong>in</strong>tees werenot regarded as a priority for <strong>the</strong> researcher, <strong>the</strong>y responded enthusiastically.75

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