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The relationship between employees’ perceptions of their leaders’ attitudes and employee retention

M.Com. (Business Management) / The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine the relationship between employees’ perceptions of their leaders’ attitudes in terms of being caring, and employee retention in an insurance organisation in South Africa. The employee turnover rate in 2012 for this organisation was 24%. Non-managerial employees for the national insurance company were surveyed. The psychometric instrument used to measure the data was the Survey of Perceived Organisational Support (SPOS). Analysis of data revealed a significant difference between the employee’s perceptions of their leaders’ attitudes toward their subordinates, and employee retention. However, the age of the employees and the number of months employed by the organisation indicated a correlation. This will allow organisation leaders to be better equipped and more proactive rather than reactive in terms of employee retention actions and plans

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:10924
Date05 May 2014
CreatorsMendes, Kaye Cindy
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
RightsUniversity of Johannesburg

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