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Strategies To Retain Revenue Management Analysts In The U.S. Airline Industry, Curtis Raynard Williams
Strategies To Retain Revenue Management Analysts In The U.S. Airline Industry, Curtis Raynard Williams
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The voluntary turnover of revenue management analysts in the U.S. airline industry is an issue, compelling revenue management leaders to implement retention strategies that successfully reduce employee turnover. The purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore strategies revenue management leaders used within the last 15 years to retain revenue management analysts. The conceptual framework that grounded this study was Maertz's 8 motivational forces of job attachment and voluntary turnover. The targeted population was comprised of revenue management leaders at an airline in Dallas, Texas who had demonstrated successful strategies to reduce employee turnover. Using criterion-based sampling, 4 …
Engagement Strategies For Catalyzing It Sales Team Performance In Asia, Jeb Stephen Hurley
Engagement Strategies For Catalyzing It Sales Team Performance In Asia, Jeb Stephen Hurley
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Sales leaders who can foster sales team engagement drive an organization's sales performance. Some information technology sales leaders lack team engagement strategies that support revenue results above market growth rates. The purpose of this qualitative, single-case study was to explore the team engagement strategies of 6 sales leaders, in various offices in the Asia-Pacific region of a single, public information technology company, who demonstrated the ability to support year-on-year revenue results above market growth rates. Participants demonstrated the ability to foster team engagement and consistently deliver year-on-year revenue results above market growth rates. The conceptual framework for this study was …
Voluntary Employee Turnover: Retaining High-Performing Healthcare Employees, Jesse J. Boyd
Voluntary Employee Turnover: Retaining High-Performing Healthcare Employees, Jesse J. Boyd
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Voluntary employee turnover in the healthcare industry is one of the most expensive and disruptive business problems that healthcare organizations encounter. Healthcare organizations can expect employee replacement costs to represent up to 150% of a departing employee's annual salary in new employee acquisition and decreased productivity. Guided by the leader-member exchange theory, the purpose of this single case study was to explore the strategies healthcare managers used to retain high-performing healthcare employees. Using semistructured interviews, the targeted population encompassed 6 healthcare managers from a healthcare organization in Central Texas who have demonstrated successful strategies for retaining high-performing healthcare employees by …
Strategies To Improve Millennial Employee Engagement In The Luxury Resort Industry, Kei-Lin Cerf
Strategies To Improve Millennial Employee Engagement In The Luxury Resort Industry, Kei-Lin Cerf
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Millennials are estimated to compose half of the workforce by 2020. Many hospitality researchers have studied Millennial employee engagement, but less is known about how to apply strategies that are authentically engaging for Millennials. The purpose of this study was to explore Millennial employee engagement strategies. The research questions for this study were used to examine the engagement strategies of luxury resort leaders and how Millennial employees perceived engagement. A single case study design was used to gather interview, questionnaire, and company document data from employees of a luxury resort in Hawai`i. Kahn's employee engagement theory served as the basis …
Effective Strategies Small Retail Leaders Use To Engage Employees, Dr. Janet Lynn Deskins
Effective Strategies Small Retail Leaders Use To Engage Employees, Dr. Janet Lynn Deskins
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Research suggests that 70% of North American employees are disengaged in the workplace. Some small retail managers lack strategies for engaging employees. Using the employee engagement framework, the purpose of this descriptive case study was to explore successful strategies that small retail managers use to engage employees. The target population was small retail leaders, purposefully selected because of their success with engaging employees at an Orlando, Florida, company. Data collection was through face-to-face interviews with 5 leaders; and a review of archived organizational documents, including company memorandums, central email software, and online customer reviews through social media websites such as …
Exploring Leaders' Strategies For Employee Engagement In The South African Mining Industry, Le-Marlie Marais
Exploring Leaders' Strategies For Employee Engagement In The South African Mining Industry, Le-Marlie Marais
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Research suggests that disengaged employees have contributed to the 28.5% reduction in the mining industry's contribution to South African gross domestic product. Some South African mining leaders lack strategies for engaging employees. Using the employee engagement framework, the purpose of this single case study was to explore successful strategies that South African mining leaders use to engage employees. The target population was mining leaders, purposefully selected because of their success with engaging employees at a typical South African mining company. Data collection was through face-to-face interviews with 4 leaders; a focus group interview with 9 employees; and a review of …