...RESEARCH PROPOSAL ON CAUSES OF EMPLOYEE TURNOVER ABSTRACT This proposal is aimed at conducting a study to investigate the causes of employee turnover. Proposed study will use different research articles to develop a model which shows that employee satisfaction, employee motivation and employee involvement has an impact on employee turnover. Introduction to Proposed Research Title CAUSES OF EMPLOYEE TURNOVER: Background of Study Employee turnover is the number of permanent employees leaving the company within the reported period versus the number of actual active permanent employees on the last day of the previous reported period. Five reasons due to which employees leave organizations: 1. The most common reason why employees leave a certain organization is that they see better opportunity elsewhere. Man has a growing desire to own more things and better pay can give them this. Apart from that, they are compelled to look for better pay because of financial needs. 2. Another reason could be that the employees are not happy with the organization. There are cases when employees leave the company even if they offer competitive salaries. This is because of the organization itself. The employee does not approve of the management style and they are unhappy with the culture of the organization. These factors can cause employees to say goodbye to the organization. 3. There are also cases when...
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...RESEARCH PROPOSAL ON CAUSES OF EMPLOYEE TURNOVER ABSTRACT This proposal is aimed at conducting a study to investigate the causes of employee turnover. Proposed study will use different research articles to develop a model which shows that employee satisfaction, employee motivation and employee involvement has an impact on employee turnover. Introduction to Proposed Research Title CAUSES OF EMPLOYEE TURNOVER: Background of Study Employee turnover is the number of permanent employees leaving the company within the reported period versus the number of actual active permanent employees on the last day of the previous reported period. Five reasons due to which employees leave organizations: 1. The most common reason why employees leave a certain organization is that they see better opportunity elsewhere. Man has a growing desire to own more things and better pay can give them this. Apart from that, they are compelled to look for better pay because of financial needs. 2. Another reason could be that the employees are not happy with the organization. There are cases when employees leave the company even if they offer competitive salaries. This is because of the organization itself. The employee does not approve of the management style and they are unhappy with the culture of the organization. These factors can cause employees to say goodbye to the organization. 3. There are also cases when...
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...2 Excessive Turnover 2 General Turnover 2 Critical Employee Turnover 3 Turnover in Low to Moderate Level 3 Motivation 3 Innovation 3 Relationship between Employee Turnover and Performance 4 Employee Retention 4 Significance 4 Job Satisfaction 5 Embeddedness 5 Others 6 Conclusion 6 Reference 6 Introduction Following the process of globalization which is increasingly developing, consequent fierce competition brings about frequent phenomenon of turnover in organizations (Liu et al., 2011). According to the statistic data that showed by Meier and Hicklin (2007), the turnover rate of U.S. federal government was 16.1% from 2003 to 2004, that of Dutch temporary employment agencies was 14.2% in 2005 and that of trucking even reached 41% in 2005. Currently, employee turnover is still lacking of attention in many aspects, such that most previous researches were focused on the reasons of turnover, but paid less attention to the effect of turnover (Ton & Huckman, 2008). The emphasis in this essay is that high employee turnover damages organization performance for increasing cost and causing critical employee leaving, while moderate level of turnover benefits organization performance for improving innovation and motivation, employers should focus on enhancing employee’s job satisfaction and embeddedness for retaining their employees. This essay has four parts. In the first and second part of the essay, both effect of excessive turnover and moderate turnover would be discussed...
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...Course - GM 591 Leadership and Organizational Behavior Course Project Outline What factors are causing a high rate of contractor’s turnover and how does job satisfaction play into the amount of time a contractor will stay on the project? Submitted October 16, 2011 Introduction The organization I will be addressing in this paper is CACI, Inc. CACI is a professional services and information technology (IT) company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. These services included intelligence analysis, background investigations, screening, interrogation, property management and recordkeeping, installation of computer systems, software and hardware. CACI was founded by Herb Kerr and Harry Markowitz in 1962. Today, even in a period of economic uncertainty, CACI’s fiscal performance remains outstanding. In 2010 CACI announced record revenues of $3.15 billion and now fields a force of 14,100 employees across more than 123 offices around the world. In the contracting job environment, contractors are not expected to work for more than one to three years for the same company. Why is it? Unlike an employee who works for one employer, contractors typically work tackling particular jobs or projects that require special expertise and then seem to move on. I work as a senior intelligence analyst, independent contractor, for CACI for the past two and one-half years. The project I am assigned to as one of the Teams...
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...approaches and job satisfaction are similar in each. Charles Emery and Katherine Barker’s article, “The Effect of Transactional and Transformational Leadership Styles on Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction of Customer Contact Personnel”, assess the effect of transactional and transformational leadership styles on job satisfaction and the accountability of customer service personnel. The research suggests that some styles of management, such as transformational leadership, may be more effective in the dedication of customer service employees. Daniel Koys’ article, “The Effects of Employee Satisfaction, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, and Turnover on Organizational Effectiveness: A Unit-Level, Longitudinal Study”, addresses the issue of whether business outcomes are influenced by employee attitudes and behaviors or vice versa. In addition, the researchers concentrate on organizational citizenship as well as employee turnover. Each research study in this paper will be addressed as Article 1 and Article 2 respectively throughout this paper. Comparison of Research Questions Both of these topics examine employee outlook and job gratification in the workplace as well as the impact employees have on customer mindsets and business outcomes. In article 1, transformational leadership and its relationship with employee attitude was also questioned. These researchers further hypothesized that transformational leadership would result in a positive employee attitude and overall...
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...TURNOVER INTENT DIPLOMA THESIS Department: Strategie- und Unternehmensökonomik University of Zurich Human Resource Management Professor Dr. Bruno Staffelbach Supervising tutor: Dorothea Brunner Subject area: BWL I Subject: Human Resource Management Author: Mylene Perez Schüracherstr. 14a, 8306 Brüttisellen myleneperez82@yahoo.de Student ID Number: 02-728-285 Field of Study: BWL (Business Administration) Number of Semester: 10 Brüttisellen, 18.06.2008 Turnover Intent ABSTRACT Voluntary employee turnovers incur significant cost for an organization. Thus it is important to identify turnover intents as early as possible in order to enable planners to help implement courses of action. Within the scope of this diploma thesis a review of literature on turnover intent is offered. Initially the importance of the phenomenon is established and exact definitions of the subject area are presented. Subsequently the potentially critical impact of turnover behavior on organizational effectiveness is discussed. Several theoretical concepts that explain the occurrence of the turnover intent, and five key models that shaped the research on turnover, are presented and partially critiqued. This study also analyzes the effect of various factors on turnover intent using data from the HR-Barometers 2007. These factors were categorized into psychological, economical and demographic determinants, as well as moderating factors. The results revealed that the psychological...
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...Causes of Employee Turnover ABSTRACTThe proposed research will be conducted to investigate the causes of employee turnover. Proposed study will use different research articles to develop a model which shows that job satisfaction, employee motivation and employee involvement (independent variable) has an impact on employee turnover (dependent variable). Hence the purpose of this research will be, firstly getting the perception of employees at work by conducting semi structure interviews as an instrument of data collection to explore the effect of Job satisfaction, employee motivation and employee involvement on employee turnover. Secondly semi structure interviews will be further used to find and examine whether these three factors really affect or not if yes then which factor affects closely in order to remove that one from organizations facing employee turnover issues. Different hypothesis are formed on the basis of dependent and independent variables. By using different research articles literature review has been written. Than a model is developed of job satisfaction, employee motivation and employee involvement (independent variable) and employee turnover (dependent variable).Than a theoretical framework is written on the base of these variables. Using a cross sectional research method sample of 500 employees of service organization like Banks, University (Employees), Telecommunication, EFU life insurance, Guard Technologies and Students has been selected for this research...
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...Structural Investigation of the Relationship between Working Satisfaction and Employee Turnover Chen, Ying-Chang, Department of Hotel and Restaurant Management Ching Kuo Institute of Management and Health, Taiwan Wang ,Wen Cheng, Department of Business Management, Hwa Hsia Institute of Technology, Taiwan Chu, Ying Chien, Department of Tourism and Leisure, National Penghu University, Taiwan ABSTRACT In this paper, researchers evaluate a model of working satisfaction in employee turnover, survey data were collected from 100 hotel employees in XinHua hotel. The article proposes human resource management features based on the analysis of the reasons for the brain drain in the hotel, policies accordingly. There were several main findings from our empirical analyses. (1) Providing career advancement opportunities is critical for retention. (2) A mentoring program can help decrease the employee turnover of the small- and- medium –sized hotels. (3) High-quality communicating is valuable for hotel policy. (4) Pay and welfare also indicate significant position in Human Resource Management in the hospitality industry. The investigation of working satisfaction reflects the status of human resource in the hotels, through this, positive reactions can be made, and encouragement system can be adjusted, so that employees get more satisfaction, employee turnover is reduced and performance can be improved. Keywords: working satisfaction, hotel policy, employee turnover, XinHua hotel INTRODUCTION...
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...Structural Investigation of the Relationship between Working Satisfaction and Employee Turnover Chen, Ying-Chang, Department of Hotel and Restaurant Management Ching Kuo Institute of Management and Health, Taiwan Wang ,Wen Cheng, Department of Business Management, Hwa Hsia Institute of Technology, Taiwan Chu, Ying Chien, Department of Tourism and Leisure, National Penghu University, Taiwan ABSTRACT In this paper, researchers evaluate a model of working satisfaction in employee turnover, survey data were collected from 100 hotel employees in XinHua hotel. The article proposes human resource management features based on the analysis of the reasons for the brain drain in the hotel, policies accordingly. There were several main findings from our empirical analyses. (1) Providing career advancement opportunities is critical for retention. (2) A mentoring program can help decrease the employee turnover of the small- and- medium –sized hotels. (3) High-quality communicating is valuable for hotel policy. (4) Pay and welfare also indicate significant position in Human Resource Management in the hospitality industry. The investigation of working satisfaction reflects the status of human resource in the hotels, through this, positive reactions can be made, and encouragement system can be adjusted, so that employees get more satisfaction, employee turnover is reduced and performance can be improved. Keywords: working satisfaction, hotel policy, employee turnover, XinHua hotel INTRODUCTION...
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...SHRM Foundation’S EFFEctivE PRacticE GuidElinES SERiES Retaining A Guide to AnAlyzinG And MAnAGinG eMployee turnover Talent SHRM Foundation’S EFFEctivE PRacticE GuidElinES SERiES REtaininG talent A GuiDe to AnAlyzinG AnD MAnAGinG eMPloyee tuRnoveR by David G. Allen, Ph.D., SPHR i REtaininG talent This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information regarding the subject matter covered. Neither the publisher nor the author is engaged in rendering legal or other professional service. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent, licensed professional should be sought. Any federal and state laws discussed in this book are subject to frequent revision and interpretation by amendments or judicial revisions that may significantly affect employer or employee rights and obligations. Readers are encouraged to seek legal counsel regarding specific policies and practices in their organizations. This book is published by the SHRM Foundation, an affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM©). The interpretations, conclusions and recommendations in this book are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the SHRM Foundation. ©2008 SHRM Foundation. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in whole or in part, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical...
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...Master of International Business Administration Business Research Methods for Managers-Fall 14086 THE REASONS BEHIND EMPLOYEE TURNOVER, ITS’ EFFECT AND THE METHODS TO REDUCE IT Supervised By Dr. Ashraf Elsafty Presented by: Yasser Hassan El Sayed Created Date: Oct 10, 2014 Last updated: Dec 11, 2014 Table of Contents LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 3 1. CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 4 1.1. AN OVERVIEW 4 1.2. PROBLEM DEFINITION 4 1.3. RESEARCH OBJECTIVE 4 1.4. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 5 1.4.1 MODEL VARIABLES 6 1.4.1.1 Dependent variable 6 1.4.1.2 Independent variables 6 1.4.2 RESEARCH ASSUMPTIONS 6 1.4.3 RESEARCH LIMITATIONS 6 1.5. RESEARCH QUESTIONS 7 1.5.1 MAJOR QUESTIONS 7 1.5.2 MINOR QUESTIONS 7 1.6. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 7 1.6.1 RESEARCH TYPE 7 1.6.2 SAMPLING 7 1.6.3 DATA ANALYSIS METHODS 8 1.6.4 DATA ANALYSIS METHOD 8 1.7. THESIS STRUCTURE 8 2. CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 9 2.1. INTRODUCTION 9 2.1.1 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 9 2.1.2 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH 9 2.2. PREVIOUS STUDIES 9 2.2.1 REASONS BEHIND EMPLOYEE TURNOVER 9 2.2.2 SYMPTOMS THAT ORGANIZATION FACE IN RESPONSE OF TURNOVER 10 2.2.3 COSTS OF EMPLOYEE TURNOVER 11 2.2.4 MANAGING TURNOVER THROUGH SELECTION 11 2.2.5 THE FORMATION OF AN EFFECTIVE RETENTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM 11 3. CHAPTER 3: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND RESEARCH DESIGN 12 3.1. INTRODUCTION 12 3.2. PROBLEM DEFINITION 12 3.3. RESEARCH OBJECTIVE 12 3.4. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 13 3.4.1 DEPENDENT VARIABLES...
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...|SECTION |Possible |Earned |DESCRIPTION | | |POINTS |Points | | |Title Page |5 |3 |Title of your applied research paper, your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, course| | | | |number and title, instructor, and date. | |Introduction |10 | |Provide an overview of the organization and your role in it. Give enough information about the | | | |8 |firm to acquaint an unfamiliar person (no matter how famous the company). Identify name, location,| | | | |size, market segment (business line), and a brief history. Identify the essential issues, events, | | | | |or actions to help frame the problem and subsequent discussion points. | |Problem |15 | |Identify and clearly state the problem (the leadership or organizational behavior issue that you | |Statement | | |have selected to research). The problem statement should be phrased in terms of a researchable | | | | |question...
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...reduce turnover rates in their organizations. The study proposes that employee retention rates at Applied Research Associates (ARA) are driven by employee satisfaction. Applied Research Associates employs just over 1,200 employees and the study will use a written, paper survey to collect information from 200 randomly selected employees. Some of the information collected will be used to classify the study participants. The remaining information regarding employee views on benefits and career advancement opportunities within the company will be used to measure the level of employee satisfaction and will be analyzed for potential areas to improve retention of quality employees at ARA. Make sure word count is at 150 or less. Good summary Employee Retention at Applied Research Associates From an organizational perspective, the recruitment and retention of top-notch employees is even more important today than ever before (Holtom, Mitchell, Lee, & Eberly, 2008). Successful organizations have become increasingly dependent on their quality this maybe bias calling them quality employees employees’ ability to adapt to market changes; the same market changes that may cause job dissatisfaction among employees and increase voluntary turnover rates of key employees (Chen, Ployhart, Thomas, Anderson, & Bliese, 2011). Applied Research Associates has an excellent record in recruiting high quality employees, but in the past 12 months there has been an increase in the employee voluntary...
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...A Case Study of the Employee Turnover Problem in Walgreens Co. Jason Nguyen GM 591 Leadership and Organizational Behavior Professor Horst August 19, 2011 Introduction Walgreens Pharmacy is a drugstore chain that operates in the United States. This Company provides its customer with multichannel access to consumer goods and services, and pharmacy, health and wellness services in communities across America. Walgreens has become a fortune five hundred company and a popular landing spot for new college gradates. Instead of becoming a permanent home for new employees, it has become a stepping-stone for better job opportunities. This study provides literature reviews, problem analysis, and solution recommendations for the employee turnover tendency problem facing Walgreens Pharmacy. Walgreen offers its products and services through drugstores, as well as through mail, by telephone, and via the Internet. It sells prescription and non-prescription drugs, as well as general merchandise, including household products, convenience foods, personal care, beauty care, candy, photofinishing and seasonal items. Its pharmacy services include retail, specialty, infusion, medical facility, long-term care and mail service, along with pharmacy benefit solutions and respiratory services. Walgreens corporate, located in Deerfield Illinois, is in charge of overlooking all of the operation within the organization. My role in the organization is a Business Analysis. I am...
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...financial, technological, and natural resources in accomplishing the goals of a business entity. Because business can be usefully viewed as “systems”, business management can be seen as human action designed to facilitate useful outcomes from the system. This view allow for the opportunity to “manage” oneself, an important factor to consider before managing operations and employees. Human resources management is the function within an organization that focuses on recruitment of, management of, and providing direction for the people who work in the organization. It is the organizational function that deals with issues related to people such as compensation, hiring, performance management, organization development, safety, wellness, benefits, employee motivation, communication, administration, and training. Human Resources management is the strategic approaches to the management of an organization’s most valuable asset—the people who work for that organization and who, individually and collectively, contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the business. Simply put, human resources management means employing people, training them, developing their talents, and utilizing, maintaining and compensating them for their services as appropriate to the requirements of the organizations. The competitive nature of twenty-first-century global commerce requires that businesses to be managed strategically by managers who are knowledgeable in the principles of the field....
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