| Title | Extent of employee turnover in Nigerian SMEs Employees'-owner/managers' standpoint |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 75440 |
| Authors | Siyanbola, TO; Gilman, MW |
| Title | Extent of employee turnover in Nigerian SMEs Employees'-owner/managers' standpoint |
| Year | 2017 |
| Published | Employee Relations, 39, 7 |
| Abstract | Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to assess the magnitude of employee turnover (E-turnover) in Nigerian small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with particular focus on the manufacturing and service firms adjudged as central to the growth and development of Nigerian economy. Design/methodology/approach - Data from 602 employees and 94 owner/managers of SMEs located in three Southwestern Nigerian states were collected through survey questionnaire and analysed quantitatively. Findings - Employees' and management's responses indicated that E-turnover still pervades the Nigerian SMEs surveyed with most employees leaving their jobs in less than a year of employment. Multiple exits also occurred; additionally, employees were more prone to exiting if they were male, older, had a smaller family size and/or worked in the manufacturing rather than service SMEs. Research limitations/implications - More needs to be done to comprehend owner-managers' apparent deliberate disguise of employee over-casualisation in the SMEs studied, an act that appeared to limit the interpretation of status-related turnover extent among employees. Practical implications - Twenty-first century businesses need to stimulate sustainable cost-effective employment relationship capable of thwarting the threat accompanying high E-turnover in businesses. Originality/value - Through this research, extant global E-turnover literature (largely on western businesses) is enriched by dedicated empirical data on Nigerian SMEs that this study offers. |
No similar articles found.