Factors Affecting Employee Retention In Ethiopian Ministry Of Agriculture And Natural Resources
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2017-05-07
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Addis Ababa University
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The quality of service delivery of any organization depends on the presence of committed and talented employees. Employees are main sources for organizations in meeting objectives in both public and private sector organizations. Therefore, giving emphasis for employees become a big issue particularly in public sector organizations. Professional employees’ turnover in public sector organizations is more common than other organizations. Having this in mind, the present study is aimed to explore the factors that are affecting employee retention focusing on MoANR. By using single population sample size calculation formula, the researcher determined the sample size for undertaking the research which was 224. In order to collect primary data, a self-completed questionnaire was designed and administered to selected employees through simple random sampling method. Descriptive analysis was used to describe the collected data using percentage, mean, and standard deviation. A correlation analyses was undertaken to measure the degree to which the variables are related. Through the multiple linear regressions analysis, compensation and career development and succession planning were found to be the major factors that affect employee retention within the Ministry. The study suggested that an emphasis should be given to compensation policy of the Ministry which was found to be incompetent. It was also suggested that the Ministry should design and implement systems that enhance career development through, training, mentoring and coaching which leads to strategic succession planning and talent retention
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Retention, compensation, empowerment