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Dewah, Peterson. "Knowledge retention strategies in selected Southern Africa public broadcasting corporations." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/438.

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Knowledge is now regarded as the most important resource surpassing other resources like land and capital. It is a foregone conclusion that knowledge flows out of organizations through various ways such as resignations, retirement and death yet, it does not seem as if organizations are employing strategies to retain such a vital component of production and service delivery. This study investigated the knowledge retention strategies in three Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) public broadcasting organizations of the South African Broadcasting Corporation in South African (SABC), the D

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Tanton, S. N. "Talent management in the role of employee retention." Thesis, University of South Africa, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/142.

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Retention of key productive employees is a major challenge for all organisations locally and internationally because the resulting churn created by replacing employees that voluntarily leave the organisation costs the business both directly and indirectly. The purpose of this study is to determine whether lack of talent management of employees is one of the causes of job dissatisfaction, to determine whether lack of talent management of employees contributes to employees’ intentions to leave an organisation and to determine whether talent management plays a positive part in retaining em

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Cross, Darren. "Employee Retention Strategies in the Fast Food Industry." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3936.

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Voluntary employee turnover in the fast-food industry is 50%. Employee turnover costs fast-food restaurants $10 billion annually. The purpose of this multiple case study was to examine the strategies of 5 fast-food restaurant managers in the Midwestern United States who achieved higher employee retention than did peers in their districts. The conceptual framework was the 8 motivational forces of voluntary employee turnover. Data were collected via semistructured, face-to-face interviews, recruiting materials, retention activities, policy manuals, and overall voluntary termination reports. Data

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Rowan, Jeff. "Employee satisfaction and retention at Vigil Health Management Inc." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape2/PQDD_0020/MQ49215.pdf.

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Karsnia, Elizabeth J. "Best practices for employee engagement." Online version, 2009. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2009/2009karsniae.pdf.

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Javed, Basit, and Muhammad Jaffar. "Impact of Succession Planning on Employee Retention." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-43902.

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The rise in the employee turnover rates is increasing the concerns amongst the organizations in retaining the employees in the workplace. The higher turnover rates are threatening the business capability in earning higher profits. Grounded by the leadership and motivational theories, the following study aims explore that how the succession planning strategies could help in retaining the employees in the organization. Swedish organizations are chosen as the area of the study. In order to fulfill the purpose of the research, the data has been gathered from primary and secondary tools. The second

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Chaney, Serrita. "Strategies Used by Healthcare Supervisors for Employee Retention." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6539.

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Healthcare supervisors who lack effective employee retention strategies could negatively affect patient well-being, employee performance, and organizational functions. The purpose of this single case study was to explore strategies that healthcare supervisors used to improve employee retention in 1 health care organization in southeast Georgia. Vroom expectancy theory was the conceptual framework for the study. Data were collected from semistructured interviews with 5 healthcare supervisors in a medium-sized healthcare organization who had hiring responsibilities and a history of implementing

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Griner, Charles H. "Small Construction Business Owners' Strategies for Employee Retention." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7871.

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Thirty-four percent of people in the United States of America work for businesses that employ fewer than 100 people. However, many small business owners lack the strategies necessary to retain their valuable employees. Businesses that fail to retain valuable employees are as much as 28% less efficient. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies small construction business owners use to retain their valuable employees. Contingency theory provided the conceptual framework. The participants were three owners of three small businesses in the construction industry

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Nwabuzor, Nathaniel. "Exploring Employee Retention Strategies in the U.S. Hotel Industry." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5388.

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Organizational managers and business leaders struggle to retain hotel employees. The purpose of this qualitative, multiple case study was to explore the strategies that hotel managers use to improve employee retention and reduce turnover. The conceptual framework for this study was Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory. The 4 cases were 4 different hotels in the midAtlantic region of the United States. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with 4 purposefully selected hotel managers (1 from each hotel) and document review. Data analysis consisted of compiling the data, coding fo

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Forgiarini, Ilvo. "Management practices that support retention in South African inbound call centres." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23865.

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The turnover of call centre agents in South Africa is higher than in most other industries. The costs incurred to retain agents versus the replacement costs of an agent are massive. This research focused on inbound call centre agents and the perception of five management practises which were compared with both managers and agents in two large call centres. The five management practises tested were communication, call centre structure, performance management, recruitment and selection, and training and development. These five practises impacted on the agents’ intention to leave by 36%. A non-pr

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Thompson, Nicholas W. "Managing the Millennials: Employee Retention Strategies for Generation Y." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2011. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/240.

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This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of Millennials' beliefs and attitudes and how that will affect their conception of the employer-employee psychological contract. This analysis should provide a greater understanding of how the childhoods of Millennials have affected their attitudes for life and career aspirations. Further, it explores retention strategies for workplace culture, management style, and growth and advancement.

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Edwards, Tiffany. "Relationship Between Self-Determination and Employee Retention." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7136.

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Retention of registered nurses (RNs) is essential to the sustainability of quality health care services. More than 55% of hospitals in the United States have not translated retention initiatives into a formal retention strategy. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between training programs, new hire onboarding processes, frozen positions, and nurse retention. The self-determination theory was the theoretical framework for this study. Secondary data were collected from the 2016 Texas Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey. Data were analyzed using multiple linear regression. The r

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Wilkens, Michele. "Employee Churn in Afterschool Care| An Evaluation Study of Manager Influences on Employee Retention and Turnover." Thesis, University of Southern California, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10743855.

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<p> This study examined the status of field employee turnover at a national afterschool program provider in relation to its turnover improvement goal and assessed the knowledge, skills, motivation, and organizational influences of those with the greatest impact on retention and turnover—frontline Area Managers (AMs) who directly supervise afterschool staff. Clark and Estes’ (2008) gap analysis served as the general conceptual and methodological framework for the study. A mixed methods convergent parallel study was conducted using document analysis, surveys, interviews, and observat

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Koetser, Robert Lötter. "Management practices for retaining highly talented employees in a large South African organisation." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23135.

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The management practices used by predominantly large organisations for the purpose of retaining talented people is key to the greater success and longer term sustainability of the business. However, these organisations continue to wrestle with appropriate management practices to retain their talented people. It is therefore of critical importance that organisations are aware of the retention practices that work, and those that don’t, in the global war for retaining talent. A non-probability sampling method was used to select a sample of high potential or talented employees that either are, or

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Anderson, Andrew. "Decreasing Voluntary Employee Turnover in the Hospitality Industry." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6508.

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The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore the strategies general managers of full-service hotels used to reduce voluntary frontline employee turnover. The conceptual framework for this study was Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory. The 3 participants were hotel general managers in the midwestern region of the United States. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with 3 purposefully selected hotel general managers and by reviewing company documents. Data analysis consisted of gathering the data, coding for emergent themes, compiling the data into common

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Andrews, Charles G. "Comparative Analysis of Management and Employee Job Satisfaction and Policy Perceptions." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2003. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4239/.

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The purpose of the study was to investigate the perceptions of job satisfaction as defined by management and nonmanagement employees and to compare both parties' perceptions of organizational benefits to a list prepared by the organization's benefit personnel. Turnover is costly to the organization, both in money and in the impact it has on those individuals remaining with the organization. Every effort should be undertaken to reduce the amount of turnover within the organization. A contributing factor leading to turnover may be a gap between what the employees believe is important to them and

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Karas, Melissa M. "Recruitment and retention from a to z variables for all organizations to consider /." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 2005. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.

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Thesis (M.P.A. )--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 2005.<br>Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2945. Typescript. Abstract precedes thesis as 1 leaf ( iii ). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-72 ).

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Quader, Kazi, and Sisi Jin. "Managing Selection and Retention of Employees : A Case Study on Länsförsäkringar Bergslagen." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-12939.

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Research Question: How can a firm such as Länsförsäkringar Bergslagen utilize selection and retention methods to find and keep employees that add value to the organisation? Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to describe and analyse the process of selection and retention and how it can affect organisations’ ability to select and retain staff that perform well and are an asset to the organisation. Method: Primary information was gathered from a face-to-face interview with the chief of personnel at LFB, as well as from a follow-up e-mail interview. Secondary information was gathered from book

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Morton, Deborah. "The Relationship Between Authentic Leadership and Employee Retention: Measuring the Perceived Level of Authentic Leadership and the Effect on Employee Retention." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1340722665.

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Chew, Janet Cheng Lian. "The influence of human resource management practices on the retention of core employees of Australian organisations : an empirical study." Chew, Janet Cheng Lian (2004) The influence of human resource management practices on the retention of core employees of Australian organisations : an empirical study. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2004. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/656/.

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Employee retention is one of the challenges facing many business organisations today. For many organisations, strategic staffing has become a concern because the ability to hold on to highly talented core employees can be crucial to future survival. This empirical study examined the current human resource management (HRM) practices of Australian organisations in the retention of their core employees. In particular, the research identified the core elements of HRM practices, which strongly influence the decision for core employees to stay. The study comprise three phases: (1) a preliminary i

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Pepeta, Phumeza Martha. "Investigating talent management as a strategy to promote employee retention at ABSA Bank." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1019691.

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Research studies have reported that many organisations are challenged with the ability to retain talent. Against this background, the purpose of this study was to investigate whether Absa Bank’s talent approach is succeeding in retaining critical talent. Talent management is undoubtedly one of the critical strategic imperatives facing business leaders today. The current war for talent and skills shortage has resulted in growing pressure to attract and retain talent in order to have a competitive advantage. The literature review in this study revealed that there is no “one size fits all” approa

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Gibney, Laura (Laura Margaret). "Limitations of a state-initiated and controlled system of worker participation in industry : the Zimbabwean example." Thesis, McGill University, 1986. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=65488.

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Brown, Robert. "Relationship Between Employee Wages, Number of Employee Referrals, and Employee Turnover Intention." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6178.

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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

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Mbane, Thandokazi. "Employee retention in selected hotels in Cape Town, South Africa." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2534.

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Thesis (MTech (Tourism and Hospitality Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017.<br>The hotel sector has been identified as experiencing the largest numbers of employees leaving their jobs within a short period of employment when compared to other sectors of the economy. The large number of employees leaving hotels within a short period of employment is perceived as detrimental towards business’ success. This research is about testing the strength of the relationship between employee retention variables and employee retention in hotels in Cape Town, South Africa. The researc

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Schouten, Theresa Lynn. "The impact recognition has on employees in the Human Resource Department at Bemis Company, Inc." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2006. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2006/2006schoutent.pdf.

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Keefe, Louise. "Impact of senior leader touch points on high potential employee engagement and retention." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1561114.

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<p> Engaging and retaining high potential employees play a key role in enhancing an organization's competitive advantage. Although multiple factors affect engagement and retention, senior leaders play an important role. This study examined senior leaders' use of touch points (intentional interactions) with high potentials as a retention and engagement strategy within one organization. This mixed-method study gathered survey and interview data from high potentials and senior leaders. Study findings revealed that touch points yielded a range of benefits for the company, for leaders, for high pot

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Wood, Craig Warren Barrie. "The retention of scarce skills : a study focused on South African Air Force pilot retention and reducing employee turnover." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/49711.

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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2001.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African Air Force (SAAF) is loosing pilots at an alarming rate and if not addressed with a matter of urgency will become the most critical problems facing the Air Force in the future. This study analyses the problem in comparison to other Air Forces, and how airline hiring and lack of Air Force leadership are contributing to the current situation. Employee retention is a problem inherent in most organisations. The study also examines the reasons that motivate employees to leave any organisation and what world-cl

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Clayton, Robert. "Effective Strategies to Reduce Employee Turnover in the Retail Industry." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5687.

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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 lea

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Joubert, Carolien. "The role of talent management in the recruitment and retention of a high performance workforce." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53682.

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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2003.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this research is firstly to theoretically describe the concept of talent management and determine the role thereof in the recruitment and retention of a high performance workforce. Secondly the experience of organisations and Recruitment Practitioners in the Cape Peninsula towards talent management is described through the utilisation of phenomenological research principles. The theoretical concepts determined are compared to the actual status quo that presently exists in the marketplace to determine the gap

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Opalka-Bentler, Melanie. "Retention of Direct Care Professionals Supporting Intellectually Disabled Individuals." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2567.

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In the health and human service industry, employee turnover affects business practices and causes disruption of the lives of vulnerable individuals with intellectual disabilities receiving support. Using a human capital conceptual framework perspective, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies used to increase employee retention. The criteria for participation included organizational leaders from 3 Pennsylvania human service agencies that supported individuals with intellectual disabilities, tracked employee turnover for at least 2 years, and developed strategies to in

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Mokoditoa, Jocelyn Molly. "Academic staff recruitment and retention strategies at the University of Limpopo." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/393.

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Thesis (MPA)--University of Limpopo, 2011<br>The paper examines the causes of the high turn-over rate and the non-retention of the academic staff at the University, and come up with possible solutions to curb the problem. The study addresses the factors that affect the academic staff recruitment and retention strategies. The paper further address identification of factors contributing to the high turnover rate of the academic staff at the University of Limpopo, analyze causes of the problems, work on the feedback obtained from interviewees, and make recommendations that will enable the Univers

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Wiebell, Julie Ann. "Perceptions of Factors that Contribute to Employee Retention of IT Project Managers." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7263.

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The low retention rate of information technology (IT) project managers from a region in the southeastern United States has increased an organization's operational costs and decreased the organization's global competitiveness. The conceptual foundation for this study was the resource-based theory of competitive advantage. This multiple case study explored IT project managers' perceptions of the factors that contributed to their retention. Participants in the study included 10 IT project managers with at least 5 years of experience who were also members of a chapter of the Project Management Ins

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Williams, Santoria Lushell. "Increasing Employee Retention Within the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4763.

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Walden University College of Social and Behavioral Sciences This is to certify that the doctoral dissertation by Santoria Lushell Williams has been found to be complete and satisfactory in all respects, and that any and all revisions required by the review committee have been made. Review Committee Dr. Hilda Shepeard, Committee Chairperson, Public Policy and Administration Faculty Dr. Clarence Williamson, Committee Member, Public Policy and Administration Faculty Dr. Anne Hacker, University Reviewer, Public Policy and Administration Faculty Chief Academic Officer Eric Riedel, Ph.D. Walden Univ

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Williamson, Jeffrey Carroll. "Employee retention in the Federal Government : a case study of the United States Postal Service." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72852.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2012.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-117).<br>Following the worst financial crisis since the great depression, the United States has experienced three consecutive years of unemployment above 8%. The current economic situation has pushed the economy to the forefront of the 2012 Presidential election. At the heart this partisan economic debate is the issue regarding the size of the Federal Government. The objective of this thesis is not to debate the politics

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Cuthbertson, Laura C. "[Human resource development through action intervention] comprehensive paper presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Science in Management /." [Denver, Colo.] : Regis University, 2006. http://165.236.235.140/lib/LCuthbertson2005.pdf.

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Lenio, James A. "Convenience store evaluation and analysis of processes for reduction in hourly sales associate turnover." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2006. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2006/2006lenioj.pdf.

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Myburgh, Elsa. "Strategies to improve employee retention in medium-sized businesses in the Garden Route." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020128.

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The management dilemma that triggers this research is the improvement of employee retention in medium-sized businesses in the Garden Route. Various factors contribute to poor retention in business, such as the lack of employee engagement, lack of organizational commitment, lack of recognition and reward and lack of employee retention strategies. If these strategies are not in place it results in employees not feeling committed to the organization and therefore opting to leave. This study takes a closer look at the literature review on specific causes of poor employee retention and aims to seek

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Hauptfleisch, Gerhard. "IT staff retention : an in-depth case study." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/80646.

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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2008.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Currently, staff retention is one of the major challenges facing ICT organisations. It is a well-documented fact, that the advantages of staff retention strategies far outweigh the cost of implementation, and serves as a major source of competitive advantage. The ICT industry is typically characterised by a fast moving pace, demanding clients and a volatile external environment. Due to skills shortage and the short time-tomarket requirements of clients within the ICT industry, losing key staff can have a detrimental influe

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Osisiogu, Chris A. "Transformational Leadership Strategies for Addressing Voluntary Employee Turnover." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4165.

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For every standard deviation of increase in employee turnover, organizations could suffer a roughly 27% decline in financial performance. Current voluntary employee turnover rates hover between 15% - 40% and the associated unquantifiable indirect costs affecting customer loyalty and creating reputational risks for business leaders. Furthermore, when employees leave an organization for another, a minimum of 95% leave with trade secrets, strategic skills, and acquired knowledge. As a result, turnover has evolved into a significant concern for organizational leaders. Using the transformational le

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Oosthuysen, Coenraad Willem. "Work management business process against employee engagement." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/810.

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Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2008.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING:‘n Kwalitatiewe evaluasie van die faktore wat werknemer verbintenis in die uitvoering van ‘n werksbestuur besigheidsproses beinvloed, word aangebied. Die nodigheid van werknemer verbintenis en besigheidsprosesse in organisasies word beskryf. ‘n Vergelyk tussen die beginsels van werknemer verbintenis en die werksbestuur proses word gedoen. Deur middel van statistiese evaluasie tegnieke (frekwensie evaluasie) dra hierdie navorsing by tot die bestaande kennis in hierdie domein deur die identifisering va

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DeJesus, Xiomara. "Strategies for Reducing Voluntary Employee Turnover." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4436.

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The high costs associated with turnover and the loss of skilled employees have a significant adverse effect on organizational performance. The loss of one skilled worker can cost 25-500% of an employee's salary with respect to replacement, training, and productivity. The purpose of this descriptive multiple case study was to explore strategies for frontline managers and human resource managers to reduce voluntary employee turnover. The sample consisted of 5 frontline supervisors and 6 human resource leaders with successful experience designing and implementing strategies to reduce voluntary em

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Wilson, Jeanne Lynn. "Employee Turnover in Frontline Hospital Staff." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3129.

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Employee turnover is costly in service-intensive organizations where employee-customer interactions directly affect the organization's success. The purpose of this multiple case study was to identify strategies community hospital leaders use to reduce frontline support employee turnover. The study population consisted of leaders of a community hospital in southeast Louisiana. The conceptual framework for this study is Kahn's model of employee engagement. Semistructured interviews were conducted with eight hospital leaders in southeast Louisiana who were selected through census sampling. Interv

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Khanyezi, Thembani Hopewell. "Assessing talent management at Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/17680.

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There is no question that effective talent management implementation requires a well-defined process. Talent management includes all talent management systems that are required to optimise the workforce within an organisation. The talent management system includes: talent planning, acquiring talent, developing talent, managing talent and retaining talent. Acquired talent should be developed to mould into the organisational culture so that they support the organisational objectives. The research objective of this study was to assess talent management implementation at Metrorail. To achieve this

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Bernard, Kevin Lance. "Strategies to Reduce Voluntary Employee Turnover in Business Organizations." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5163.

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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 leader

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Perev, Borislav. "Strategies Hospitality Leaders Use to Reduce Employee Turnover." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6091.

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Employee turnover is a global problem with adverse effects on financial performance and sustainability of organizations. In the hospitality industry, employee turnover levels increased to 58.8%, and the associated cost of turnover may be more than 100% of an employee's yearly wage, with a total loss of over $25 billion a year. The purpose of this single case study was to explore strategies used by hospitality leaders in the southeastern United States to reduce employee turnover. The conceptual framework was the transformational leadership theory. Purposeful selection of participants included l

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Theresa, Zaina. "An investigation into the high turnover rate in the housekeeping department a case study of an international hotel in Auckland : this dissertation [thesis] is submitted to Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfilment of the degree of Masters in International Hospitality Management, December 2004." Full thesis. Abstract, 2004.

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Berglund, Emmie, and Linnéa Bergquist. "ATT MOTIVERA GENERATION Y : En fallstudie baserad på hur chefer inom friskvårdsbranschen kan behålla sina unga medarbetare." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för handel och företagande, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-15225.

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En arbetsplats som inte ses tillräckligt motiverande för en individ kan leda till att en anställd frivilligt väljer att lämna ett företag, vilket ofta resulterar i höga oförutsägbara personalomsättningskostnader och olägenheter för en verksamhet. Därmed ses bibehållandet av personal, så kallat Employee retention, vara av stor betydelse. Då motivation i arbetet kan vara förknippad med upplevelsen av tillfredsställelse som skapar positiva arbetsattityder kan detta begrepp ses vara integrerad med arbetet av att behålla personal. För att kunna upprätthålla motivation är det dock viktigt att chefer

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Knox, Heather Joy. "Attracting and retaining talent: identifying employee value proposition (EVP) drivers of attraction and retention in the South African labour market." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020065.

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Rapid changes in the business environment as a result of globalisation, mergers and acquisitions, skills shortages and demographic changes in the workplace have led to a greater realisation of the importance of talent management and its role in ensuring a sustainable and successful organisation. Attracting and retaining talent has become one of the most important activities for organisations in order to ensure their competitive advantage. Companies must now differentiate themselves from competitors by offering current and potential employees an employment offering that they value. The employee

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Ryland, Nizaam. "Investigating organisational consequences for failing to retain and attract talented employees." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/18184.

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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2008.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of the study is firstly to determine what the main causes are for employee turnover and turnover intention. Secondly, the study is to investigate the consequences for organisations that are unable to retain or attract talented employees. The data was collected through exit interviews and through personal interviews from the organisation. The sample was taken from a diverse group of individuals consisting of people from all departments in the organisation. In total six departments were considered. The data was categ

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Taylor, Pete. "Strategies Software Company Sales Managers Implemented to Reduce Voluntary Employee Turnover." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2696.

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The high rates of voluntary employee turnover in software sales organizations have forced business leaders to search for strategies that reduce voluntary employee turnover. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the strategies of a small group of sales managers who had demonstrated reduced voluntary employee turnover in their software manufacturing companies. Ten managers from 5 software manufacturing companies who had a minimum of 5 years of management experience were recruited and participated in semistructured, face-to-face interviews. The conceptual framework included Herzb

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