How to Keep Top Talented Employees on Board: A Review of Literature (Published)
Employees are the most valuable assets of any organization. Their significance to organizations calls for not only the need to attract the best talented employees but also the necessity to retain them for a long term. This paper focused on reviewing the findings of previous studies conducted by various researchers with the aim to analyze the HR practices such as training and developments, career development opportunities, compensation, reward and recognition, benefits, Participation in Decision Making, Management and Leadership style, Work-Life balance, motivation and Organizational culture, that organizations can adopt to retain their top talented employees and motivate them to stay in the organization. The study applied descriptive research design and only secondary sources have been used to collect the date from the research articles and various research journals. The study concluded that The HR managers who want to attract and keep good employees in the organizations should take into account that Successful employee retention does not rely on a single strategy, and the decision of an employee to stay in the organization is effected by a number of HR practices such as career development opportunities, compensation ,reward and recognition, training and developments, Participation in Decision Making, Management and Leadership style, motivation, Organizational culture, and many more.
Keywords: Employee Retention, Human Resource Practices, talented workers
Human Resource Management Practices and Their Effect on Employee Turnover in the Hotel Industry in Cape Coast, Ghana (Published)
The broad aim of the study was to assess human resource management practices and their effects on employee turnover in the hotel industry in Cape Coast and Elmina. Precisely, the study sought to determine the influence of workforce demographics on turnover, assess human resource management practices that account for turnover and analyse the relationship between human resource management practices and turnover in the hotel industry in Cape Coast and Elmina. This study adopted the descriptive cross-sectional design. The sample size was determined by using (Glenn, 1992) formula for computing sample size of a given population less than five hundred. In all, 196 non-managerial employees were sampled. The systematic and simple random sampling techniques were used to select hotels and participants respectively for the study. The main instrument used for the collection of data was questionnaire administration. Data was analysed using measures of central tendencies. Additionally, correlation analysis was performed to establish the relationship between variables. The findings divulged that compensation boost employees morale and loyalty; hence management should institute measures to provide adequate motivation in the form of prompt payment of salary, allowances and rewards to hardworking employees.
Keywords: Employees and Turnover, Human Resource Practices, Human Resources Management, Intentions to quit