The Role of the Employee Induction Program in Organizations : A Case Study of Goal Organization in Juba

The study aimed at identifying the role played by the induction program in relation to employee retention in GOAL. It also highlighted some examples of the beneficial induction practices initiated in GOAL that should act as a trend-setter for other organizations. The study was guided by the following research objectives: i) To determine the role of induction program in GOAL, ii) To determine the new employees’ induction practices used in GOAL, iii) To find out the new employee perception about induction program employed by GOAL, iv) To find out the content of the new employee induction program employed by GOAL and v) To suggest what can be done to improve the program in order to enhance the new employees’ performance in GOAL. Simple random and purposive sampling techniques were used to arrive at the sample of employees while purposive sampling technique was used to select the heads of departments and the location of the study namely Juba and Twic Counties in South Sudan. Data for this study was collected by means of questionnaires and interview guides. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 8.0 for windows was used to process the collected data. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages were used to summarize the data. The study showed that the main roles of induction program in any organization is delivery of information about the organization’s vision, mission and products through training on the employee code of conduct. From the study it also emerged that most employees of GOAL had a positive perception regarding the induction program. The study also found that most employee at GOAL deemed the content of induction program to be generally good although there were some areas that needed to be improved. The study recommended that GOAL’s management should work to ensure that the new employee induction program in the organization to be more employee centered. For the new employees, they should adapt the mission and vision of the organization and work towards improving their performance. Individual organizations should also look into the content of their respective employee induction program and see that it looks into the employees working conditions and motivation with the aim of improving their performance