A Review of Employee Retention Strategies: Implication for Future Research

Employee turnover is a global phenomenon that could be attributed to both work related and personal factors internal and external to an organization. This paper highlights key employee retention strategies and their implications. The paper highlights proactive measures as the primary strategy to employee retention which focus on employees’ intentions and subsequently the behavior of turnover. As a result, factors that promoted employees’ job satisfaction, organisational commitment and suitable work conditions are fundamental elements to staff retention. Keywords: Employee Retention Strategies, literature review, future research DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/13-1-03 Publication date: January 31st 202

Financing Human Resource Development In The Ghana Education Service: Prospects And Challenges Of The Study Leave With Pay Scheme

The Ghana Education Service (GES) as an organization uses its study leave with pay policy which has been at the easy disposal of teachers since independence of Ghana as a means of up grading its staff. This policy was very flexible until the year 2000 when some restrictions were placed on the accessibility of the facility. This study therefore set to find out the prospects and challenges of the study leave with pay facility with the restrictions the GES has placed on the facility. The data was gathered from teachers and administrators of the Bolgatanga Municipality. This study consisted of a quantitative survey followed by semi-structured qualitative individual interviews.  Theoretical and practical issues of this type of research have been presented along with the research design, data collection and analysis procedures, and ethical considerations. The study found out that majority of teachers have benefited from the facility. However the study leave with pay facility was difficult to access because of subject areas restrictions and other administrative problems. The study concluded that many teachers have accessed the scheme by way of meeting the criteria for selection. However the criterion for selection is accompanied by cumbersome process. The Ghana Education Service should ensure that there is equality for all GES approved courses, monitor beneficiaries to ensure that they return to the classroom after studies, support teachers financially through Distance Learning Programme were some of the recommendations of the study. Keywords: study leave, policy, accessibility, facility, prospects, challenge

An Examination of Academic Staff Conditions of Employment and Turnover in Ghanaian Technical Universities

This thesis employed the theory of organisational equilibrium to examine academic staff turnover and retention in Ghanaian technical universities. The findings highlight three converging domains of factors underpinning academic staff turnover: personal factors, organisation-wide factors and external factors. The findings have significant implications for Ghana’s education policies, and for the human resource policies of technical universities, especially if Ghana’s goal is to improve the development of its human capital and build its vocational education sector