Abstract
This paper discusses why the organization is unable to retain its employees given that it is experiencing high cases of absenteeism, wok-related stress, and a worrying trend of employee turnover. The evaluation is conducted on the premise that employee retention is a crucial component of organizational success and has significant implications for personnel and human resource management as well as organizational behavior. A descriptive research design was utilized to conduct this study through a Likert scale survey instrument comprising of seventeen questions. The survey was administered to a group of participants from three military-affiliated organizations. The survey found that various factors impact organization’s ability to retain its employees including organizational culture, gender roles within the company, family conflict. However, female employees are more affected because of family and children issues such as sick children and daycare problems.
Keywords: employee, organization, retention, company, work, absenteeism, work-related stress, working environment, human resources, personnel management.
Conclusion
The focus of this research is to examine factors that contribute to increased employee turnover and high levels of absenteeism and work-related stress in an organization. Based on the findings of the data analysis, employee retention in the organization is affected by several factors including organizational culture, gender roles in the company, and family conflict. While the study was conducted on a group of participants from diverse backgrounds and demographics, organizational culture has a major impact on employee retention in the workplace. Organizational culture affects employee retention through influencing employee wellbeing depending on the kind of atmosphere in the workplace.
Gender roles and family conflict seemingly have significant impacts on employee retention, particularly on female workers. Since the majority of the participants/respondents were married, gender roles in the company and family conflict significantly influenced employee retention as well as absenteeism and work-related stress. Female employees were more affected with these factors than male employees because of their primary responsibilities within the family. In this regard, high cases of absenteeism and work-related stress occur among female workers because they have the primary responsibility of handling family and children issues like sick children and daycare issues.
