Determinants of Employees’ Retention in Tanzanian Local Government Authorities: Insights from Njombe District Council

This paper adopted equity theory to investigate the factors of employee retentionin Local Government Authorities (LGAs) with insights from Njombe DistrictCouncil by using a cross-sectional research design. The study employed a mixedmethods approach whereby qualitative was the major approach supported partlywith quantitative approach. Data were collected from 60 randomly selectedrespondents and from 8 key informants. The study used survey and interviewmethods with questionnaires and interview guides as data collection toolsrespectively. The descriptive statistics was used to analyse quantitative datawhile the qualitative data were analysed by content analysis. The findings positthat, basic salary/pay rate, fringe benefits, training and developmentopportunities, existence of chances for career growth and development andadequacy of working facilities and resources are the leading factors in LGAsemployees’ retention. Consequently, the study achieved its objectives anddeterminants for employees’ retention are well identified. The study thereforerecommends that there should be harmonisation of salary and benefit schemesacross the public sector in Tanzania as a means to mitigate the transfer of LGAsemployees to other public sectors.