- Title
- Job embeddedness and employee retention in higher education
- Creator
- Esterhuizen, Christa
- Subject
- Employee retention -- South Africa
- Subject
- Organizational behavior -- South Africa Work -- Psychological aspects Employee morale -- South Africa Universities and colleges -- Employees
- Date Issued
- 2019
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MBA
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/39852
- Identifier
- vital:35483
- Description
- The only sustainable competitive advantage for organisations worldwide, including higher education institutions, is their human resources. Therefore, to acquire and maintain a sustainable competitive advantage, the ability to effectively retain knowledge employees has become high-priority. The job embeddedness model presents an alternative approach to the traditional constructs of job satisfaction, organisational commitment and job involvement, for understanding the retention concept. The aim of the research was to determine the interaction effect of job embeddedness on retention, which could be used to intensify the attachment of academic staff in a higher education institution and to dissuade turnover cognitions. An empirical study consisting of a web-based questionnaire was conducted amongst 100 academic staff members across all campuses of Nelson Mandela University. The purpose of the survey was to measure job embeddedness, retention, and the relationship between job embeddedness and retention. The results indicated that organisational embeddedness, rather than community embeddedness, influenced the intention to leave. Employees that had a positive experience with the organisation in terms of fit, links and sacrifice, were less likely to leave the organisation. It is recommended that job embeddedness should form the basis for the development of an effective integrated human resource management retention strategy to attract, retain, motivate and develop employees, to improve organisational performance and achieve organisational goals and objectives. The implication is that recruitment and selection should be done carefully to create a fit between the employee and the organisation. Talent should be fully used in an environment that fosters autonomy and teamwork should be crafted and encouraged.
- Format
- xii, 97 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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