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Strategies To Reduce Voluntary Employee Turnover In Business Organizations, Kevin Lance Bernard
Strategies To Reduce Voluntary Employee Turnover In Business Organizations, Kevin Lance Bernard
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Industry leaders in the United States have spent $11 billion annually in advertising, hiring, and training expenditures associated with voluntary employee turnover. Using employee turnover theory as the conceptual framework, the purpose of this multicase study was to explore strategies leaders of marketing and consulting firms used to reduce voluntary employee turnover. Participants were purposefully selected based on evidence of their successful experiences in reducing voluntary employee turnover in their organizations. Data were collected by conducting semistructured interviews with 6 leaders in 3 marketing and consulting firms located in the southeastern United States and by reviewing organizational documents related to …
Correlates Of Job Satisfaction Among Bank Employees In Nigeria, Nosayaba Ernest Oumwense
Correlates Of Job Satisfaction Among Bank Employees In Nigeria, Nosayaba Ernest Oumwense
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Job dissatisfaction among bank employees may adversely influence the financial performance of banks due to employee turnover, decreased productivity, poor service quality, decreased customer satisfaction, and negative employee attitudes in the workplace. The purpose of this correlational study was to examine how work on the present job, pay, opportunities for promotion, supervision, and coworker relationships predict job satisfaction among bank employees in Nigeria. The population of the study was 167 bank employees in 3 commercial banks in Nigeria. The 2-factor theory (TFT) served as the theoretical foundation in this study. Data collection was through a survey instrument called the job …
Strategies For Retaining Qualified And Experienced Employees In The Nonprofit Sector, Ebony Irene Mason
Strategies For Retaining Qualified And Experienced Employees In The Nonprofit Sector, Ebony Irene Mason
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Retention of qualified and experienced employees is the greatest challenge faced by nonprofit organizations. Using transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this single-case study was to explore strategies used by managers of nonprofit organizations to increase employee retention. The population for this study included 3 managers of one nonprofit organization in Texarkana, Texas, with tenure of at least 2 years. These managers had successfully implemented retention strategies to retain qualified and experienced employees for more than 2 years. Collected data included semistructured, face-to-face interviews and from archived documents that pertained to employee retention in nonprofit organizations. The data analysis process …
Relationship Between Employee Wages, Number Of Employee Referrals, And Employee Turnover Intention, Robert Brown
Relationship Between Employee Wages, Number Of Employee Referrals, And Employee Turnover Intention, Robert Brown
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Employee turnover is a significant contributor to the overall loss of hundreds of billions of dollars in profitability for many business organizations in the United States and abroad combined. Grounded in Maslow's theory of human motivation, the purpose of this correlational study was to examine the relationship between employee wages, number of employee referrals, and employee turnover intentions. The population was composed of employees working in the Southeastern region of the United States. A convenience sample of 92 participants answered questions regarding their wages, number of employee referrals, and completed the Turnover Intention Scale. Results of the multiple regression analysis …
Strategies For Reducing Short-Tenured Employee Attrition In The Retail Grocery Industry, Ogechi Ngemegwai
Strategies For Reducing Short-Tenured Employee Attrition In The Retail Grocery Industry, Ogechi Ngemegwai
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies that managers in the retail grocery industry use in reducing short-tenured employee attrition in the West Midland states in the United Kingdom. Participants were 4 store managers who had managerial experience in the retail grocery industry, worked as a retail store manager in the West Midlands, and had experience implementing effective strategies to reduce employee attrition. The Herzberg 2-factor theory was the conceptual framework. Semistructured interviews were used to collect data. Data were analyzed using Yin's 5-step data analysis process. The major themes were: training and development, enriched job …
Effective Strategies To Reduce Employee Turnover In The Retail Industry, Robert Clayton
Effective Strategies To Reduce Employee Turnover In The Retail Industry, Robert Clayton
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Employee turnover negatively affects retail organizations and can lead to poor financial performance, a decrease in competitive advantage, loss of productivity, deficiencies in retaining external customers, and economic failures. The purpose of this single case study was to explore strategies that retail store leaders from the Illinois area of the United States use to reduce frontline employee turnover. Herzberg's 2-factor theory provided the framework for the study. Data were collected from documents pertaining to retention methods and through face-to-face semistructured interviews with 7 leaders of a retail company in the Illinois area who had experience with effective employee retention strategies. …
Human Resources Strategies For Retaining Employees In St. Lucian Banks, Thecla Fitz-Lewis
Human Resources Strategies For Retaining Employees In St. Lucian Banks, Thecla Fitz-Lewis
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Retention issues have been a challenge for human resources (HR) leaders for years. Organization HR leaders face employee retention challenges that lead to the loss of talented employees and a decline in the organization's quality of service, which negatively affects profitability. Based on Schultz's human capital theory, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies HR leaders used to retain employees. Data collection included company archival documentation review and face-to-face semistructured interviews with 11 purposefully selected HR leaders from 3 banks in the northern region of St. Lucia. Data analysis included using Yin's 5-step method, coding the …
Employee Retention Strategies In Trinidadian Small Enterprises, Alicia Singh
Employee Retention Strategies In Trinidadian Small Enterprises, Alicia Singh
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Organizational leaders face obstacles stemming from the lack of employee retention. An ineffective retention strategy can result in the loss of employees and the loss of institutional knowledge. Lack of appropriate retention strategies can negatively impact the reputation of the organization and ultimately affect the financial standing of an organization. Grounded by Herzberg's 2-factor theory, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies small retail business managers in Trinidad used to retain employees. I collected data through face-to-face semistructured interviews with 5 small business managers and a review of company documents. Data were analyzed using methodological triangulation, …