TITLE:
Study on Determining Factors of Employee Retention
AUTHORS:
Bodjrenou Kossivi, Ming Xu, Bomboma Kalgora
KEYWORDS:
Human Resource, Employee Retention, Determining Factors
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.4 No.5,
May
30,
2016
ABSTRACT: Employees are the most valuable assets of an organization. Their significance to organizations calls for not only the need to attract the best talents but also the necessity to retain them for a long term. This paper focuses on reviewing the findings of previous studies conducted by various researchers with the aim to identify determinants factors of employee retention. This research closely looked at the following broad factors: development opportunities, compensation, work-life balance, management/leadership, work environment, social support, autonomy, training and development. The study reached the conclusion that further investigations need to be conducted regarding employee retention to better comprehend this complex field of human resource management.