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Strategies For Reducing Voluntary Employee Turnover In Public Schools, Peggy Teresa Proctor-Matos
Strategies For Reducing Voluntary Employee Turnover In Public Schools, Peggy Teresa Proctor-Matos
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The oversight of systematic approaches to reducing voluntary employee turnover decreases educational institutions’ budgets and performance. In the United States, public schools spend over $2.22 billion annually in voluntary employee turnover costs. The purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore strategies public school leaders use to reduce voluntary employee turnover. The population consisted of 3 leaders from 1 public school located in Georgia, with successful experience reducing voluntary employee turnover. The conceptual framework for this study was grounded in Vroom’s expectancy theory. The data collection process included semistructured interviews and organizational documents and artifacts. Data were analyzed …
Strategies For Employee Engagement In A Small Business Enterprise, Jennifer L. Kizer
Strategies For Employee Engagement In A Small Business Enterprise, Jennifer L. Kizer
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In 2013, 35% of the workforce was not engaged, which results in lack of productivity and loss of profitability for small business enterprises (SBEs). The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore successful strategies that frontline leaders in a 4 generation, family-owned excavating business used to engage their frontline employees. The excavating business was started in 1947 by the father of the current business owners. William Kahn's employee engagement theory was the conceptual framework for this study. Data were collected through a focus group and direct observations of engagement during meetings and frontline areas from a population of …