| 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 |
| DOI |
10.1108/ER-02-2016-0046 |
| 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. |
| Author Keywords |
Nigeria; SMEs; Employment relationship; Employees; Employee turnover; Owner/managers |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000418505900004 |
| WoS Category |
Industrial Relations & Labor; Management |
| Research Area |
Business & Economics |
| PDF |
|