| dc.description.abstract | Employee attrition and turnover is a fact of corporate life and part of the cost of doing
business. When a business loses employees, it loses skills, experience and “corporate
memory”. The magnitude and nature of these losses is a critical management issue,
affecting productivity, profitability, and product and service quality. The main objective
of the research was to determine the factors that influence staff turnover at Jertec Junior
Academy. It is anticipated that the findings of the research will be used by Jertec Junior
academy management to strengthen their retention strategy. The study adopted a census
survey involving targeted respondents at Jertec Junior academy. The population
comprised of all the staff of Jertec Junior academy. The findings of the study were that
teachers would leave because of insufficient pay, working hours, too much overtime,
amount of work, working conditions, problems with management, lack of career
advancement and Terms of service. Furthermore indications were that the majority of the staff would leave because of Training and development, Contracts and Pay, Working
Environment, Substandard Equipment and tools and Management. The above finding
seem to agree with the statement that pay is not the only reason people leave although
low pay levels are a disincentive to stay. This will have implications on the school
strategy on staff retention. | en |
