Impact of HIV/AIDS on Hotel Staff Productivity in Kenya: A Survey of Selected Hotels in North Coast
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2015Author
Mbaeh, E. G.
Wafula, F. K.
Munyi, C. M.
Njoroge, Joseph M.
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The gist of this paper was to find out how HIV/AIDS pandemic influence the productivity of employees in
Kenya’s North Coast. Although major strides have been made by the government to prevent the scourge, it is
evident that many employees in the hotel industry still contract and die from the disease. To this end, the study
aimed at establishing the impacts of HIV/AIDS on staff productivity and what people should do/are doing to
alleviate the suffering of staff productivity in selected hotels at Kenya’s North Coast. Specifically, the study
sought to investigate how absenteeism influences staff productivity, how loss of skills affect staff productivity,
how employees’ increased turnover affect productivity and whether employee stigmatization affect productivity.
The study reviewed two theories: the economic theory and the theory of planned behavior. Simple random
sampling technique was adopted in selecting six hotels and stratified sampling to choose 43 respondents.
Questionnaires were used to collect the data. The major findings of the study show that a number of the hotels 9
(30%) had lost staff due to the scourge, and 23 (77%) of the respondents concurred that HIV/AIDS illness
caused absenteeism in hotels working hours, and 6 (20%) of staff turnover was due to the illness. Apart from
undertaking frequent HIV/AIDS campaigns to sensitize the employees on the dangers of HIV/AIDS, and
implementing counseling programs, it was recommended that the management should come up with improved
strategies of motivating the staff in order to raise their esteem and eventually increase productivity.
Keywords: Impact, HIV & AIDS; Hotels; Staff Productivity; Pandemic; Motivation; Absenteeism
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