Factors affecting employee turnover and sound retention strategies in business organization: a conceptual view

  • Published March 28, 2017
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    http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.15(1).2017.06
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    Volume 15 2017, Issue #1, pp. 63-71
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“Employee turnover” as an expression is broadly used in business organization. Despite the fact that several studies have been performed on this topic, little research has been conducted on examining the causes and leading factors of turnover as well, as advising some feasible approaches, which can be applied by bosses to ensure that employees will continue in their respective organizations to enhance organizational effectiveness and productivity. The main purpose of this study is to determine the reasons and key factors in the perspectives of the relevant literature and identify to the intention of employee turnover. This conceptual paper also suggests various possible strategies on how to minimize the turnover and retain employees in the organizations. Hence, the paper has proposed a conceptual framework that shows the major variables in explaining the phenomenon of employee turnover and addressing sound retention strategies to handle these issues.

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    • Fig. 1. Conceptual framework