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International Journal of Business Management and Administration

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The Pattern, Intent, and Causes of Employees Turnover in Debreberhan University

Haile Kalayu^1,2, Bekele Meaza¹ , Melese Abebe¹

¹Department of Management, College of Business and Economics, Debreberhan University, Debreberhan, Ethiopia ²Department of Management, College of Business and Economics, Raya University, Maichew, Ethiopia

Corresponding author. E-mail: hailekl4@gmail.com, medbekele@gmail.com, melese.abebe@gmail.com ORCID iD https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5303-8289

Accepted 27 January, 2020

Abstract

In this survey study the investigators used a quantitative research method and a stratified sampling technique. Data was collected from the existing staff through a five-point Likert scale structured questionnaire. Besides the overall trend of human resource mobility was collected from the HR Directorate of the organization. To organize and process the data gathered through the questionnaire the software Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were employed to analyze the data. All the data collected is presented in the form of tables. It is, then, concluded that DBU has had a high rate of turnover for the last four years from 2004 to 2007 E.C. (with an average 9.04% and 8.23% turnover rate of academic and administrative employees, respectively). It may also keep facing Turnover of its employees in the future as it is evident from the data analysis that a large amount of the employees of DBU usually think to leave the organization soon if any alternative job comes. The main push causes of turnover intention in both the academic staff and administrative staff are: inadequate salary, inadequate fringe benefits, and inadequate motivation and encouragement, among others.

Keywords: Employees Turnover, Pattern of Employees Turnover, Turnover Intent, Causes of Turnover, Human Resource Management