Factors influencing employee retention in the South African manufacturing industry
| dc.contributor.author | Masangwana, Asanda | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Venter, Robert | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-10-16T07:20:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-10-16T07:20:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description | A research article submitted to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration Johannesburg, 2022 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This research project was to look at the relationship between employee development, remuneration, workplace environment and employee retention. In South Africa, many younger workers are willing to change jobs and move on with their careers, and this could be exacerbated by the changing workplace environment. Therefore, it is important to investigate the relationship between employee development, remuneration, workplace environment and employee retention. The key research goals of this study were to see whether there was a link between employee development and retention, to see if there was a link between workplace environment and retention, and to see if there was a link between remuneration and employee retention. The quantitative research method was applied to achieve the research objectives of this study. The quantitative data used in this study was collected by means of an online survey and there were 187 research respondents who are employees in the manufacturing industry in South Africa. The data collected was analysed using SPSS Statistics 28. The study's findings indicate a favourable association between employee development and employee retention in South Africa's manufacturing industry. This result is statistically significant at a 5% level (p-value < 0.001). Further, in South Africa's manufacturing industry, there is also a positive correlation between the workplace environment and employee retention. This result is also statistically significant at a 5% level (p-value < 0.001). In addition, there is a positive relationship between remuneration and employee retention in the manufacturing sector in South Africa. However, this outcome lacks statistical significance at a 5% level (p-value = 0.372). The study recommends promotion of openness in terms information access and reward system for all employees, provision of career development opportunities, performance-based promotions, competitive bonuses and other incentives, and reward of outstanding performance of all employees. | |
| dc.description.submitter | MM2024 | |
| dc.faculty | Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Masangwana, Asanda. (2022). Factors influencing employee retention in the South African manufacturing industry [Master’s dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WireDSpace.https://hdl.handle.net/10539/41626 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10539/41626 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | |
| dc.rights | © 2022 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. | |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | |
| dc.school | WITS Business School | |
| dc.subject | Manufacturing industry | |
| dc.subject | Retention | |
| dc.subject | Employee development | |
| dc.subject | Employee | |
| dc.subject | Workplace environment | |
| dc.subject | Remuneration | |
| dc.subject | UCTD | |
| dc.subject.other | SDG-8: Decent work and economic growth | |
| dc.title | Factors influencing employee retention in the South African manufacturing industry | |
| dc.type | Dissertation |