The Role of Leadership in Retaining Employees: A Literature Review

This literature review examines the concept of leadership within an organization, its importance for retaining employees, factors affecting retention of talented employees, and strategies pertaining to leadership that impact retention. The research uses quantitative research methods and both primary and secondary data collection methods. The findings suggest that leadership is essential for retaining employees and that strategies such as onboarding and training, flexibility, and continuous training can impact retention. The study recommends that organizations create awareness of leadership practices among employees and encourage efficiency, recognition, and delegation of power.

RESEARCH PROJECT
(literature review )

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
LITERATURE REVIEW ...............................................................................................................3
What is the concept of leadership within an organisation?....................................................3
What is the importance of leadership for retaining employees?............................................3
What are the factors that affect retention of talented employees?.........................................4
What are the strategies that are pertaining to leadership that impacts retention?..................4
OUTLINE OF METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................4
Discussion/Findings.........................................................................................................................5
What is the concept of leadership within an organisation?....................................................5
What is the importance of leadership for retaining employees?............................................5
What are the factors that affect retention of talented employees?.........................................5
What are the strategies that are pertaining to leadership that impacts retention?..................6
Conclusion/Recommendation..........................................................................................................6
REFERENCES ..............................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Leadership is considered as the ability which is undertaken by the organisation so that to
lead people in such a way that overall business objectives can be acquired. The major purpose of
leadership is to render support to individual so that they can be motivated and at the same time
they can manager their given roles and responsibilities in easy manner. In other terms this can be
said that leadership is one of the method which is used in order to provide guidance to employees
so that they can perform in the better manner (Pudyaningsih, Dwiharto and Ghifary, 2020). The
role of leadership is related with examining goals for the team member so that confidence level
can be boosted and at the same time they can implement different strategies to acquire business
objectives. For an organisation this is imperative that to have effective leadership so that
business objectives can be catered and at the same time right path can be provided to employees.
The current research report is based on examining role of leadership in retaining employees so
that the research is of high use for different organisations.
LITERATURE REVIEW
What is the concept of leadership within an organisation?
According to Bratton, (2020), of leadership is defined as the ability to lead people or
group of people in such a way that organisational mission can be aligned and attained in
collaborative manner. Leadership is the process which is used for the purpose of influencing
people so that they can directed in the direction of attaining business objectives in cohesive and
coherent manner. Leaders carry out different attributes with themselves so that motivation can be
rendered within the organisational employees and their skills can be used in managing all the
aspects of the organisation.
What is the importance of leadership for retaining employees?
According to Anitha, (2016), leaders within the organisation are associated with
managing their team in such a manner that roles and responsibilities can be defined in clear
manner and along with his all the activities within the business. With the help of effective
leadership high performance environment can be created in the organisation and at the same time
employee engagement and retention can also be developed. That is why leadership is important
for retaining the employees. With the help of leadership motivation can be provided to the
employees so that they can work harder and acquire higher incentives from their organisation.

This is one of the major measure which would lead the business into managing their employees
in most possible manner. In order to work within the organisation this is significant that to
manage flexibility in employees so that happily employees may manage their working (Pandita
and Ray, 2018). Leadership is essential for managing effective communication in the
organisation so that sub-ordinates can follow significant direction and manage overall aspects
within the organisation. Leaders play central role in managing organisational culture as leaders
try to provide continual training to their employees so that their skills can be upgraded and at the
same time employee retention can also be increased.
What are the factors that affect retention of talented employees?
According to Naim and Lenka, (2018), there are different factors which are helpful for
the organisation in retaining talented employees. With the help of talented employees business
processes can be executed easily and at the same time business objectives can also be attained.
Some of these factors are elaborated as under: On boarding and training: With the help of
providing on-board training to employees their skills can be sharpened and due to this reason
employee retention can be increased. The leadership is focused over providing such training to
employees by which they can understand business functions in more appropriate manner and this
way experience of employees can be enhanced and at the same time they can retained in the
organisation for longer duration of time.
What are the strategies that are pertaining to leadership that impacts retention?
According to Choudhary, (2016), there are various leadership styles those are related with
managing employees and retaining them for longer duration of time so that business objectives
can be attained in easy manner. Some of the strategies are elaborated as under: Define and
communicate business objectives: Leaders are required to communicate business objectives to all
the sub-ordinates so that they can exert their roles and responsibilities in appropriate manner.
Leadership helps in communication with employees so that grievances of employees can be
heard and solved in easy and early manner. With the aid of rendering on-board training to worker
their ability can be pointed and due to this explanation staff possession can be increased.
OUTLINE OF METHODOLOGY
In the current research, quantitative research methods will be taken so that to gather
information in statistical and numeric manner. In the terms of data collection, the researcher will

use both the methods such as primary and secondary. Under secondary data collection method
will be used, for secondary data collection method books, journal and different articles will be
used which are related with the research topic. In this research inductive research approach is
taken so that in accurate manner research results can be taken. On the other hand, in terms of
research strategy case study method will be taken.
Discussion/Findings
What is the concept of leadership within an organisation?
From the above gathered information using literature review this can be concluded that
Leadership is considered as the process which is associated with influencing people so that they
can work with their utmost skills and follow the path of success. Leadership is the attribute
which is related with involving values and beliefs within the organisation so that by following
such methods organisational success can be made (Guthrie and Jenkins, 2018). Leadership is the
capacity which helps the organisation to use maximum out of their resources and manage their
working in most effective manner. With the help of leadership accuracy can be maintained in the
organisation so that overall business edge can be established.
What is the importance of leadership for retaining employees?
From the above gathered information using literature review this can be summarised that
Leadership is adopted for the major reason of managing employees and up-keeping their skills
within the business (Al Dari, Jabeen and Papastathopoulos, 2018). Using these skills employees
may work in the direction of attaining business objectives and developing business proficiency
as well. Leadership is the potential element by which employees can be encouraged in order to
perform well and manage all the belongingness within the organisation (Dunne and et. al., 2016).
This is significant for the organisation that to retain their employees as this will increase overall
productivity for the employees and in the same manner appropriate relationships can be attained
within employees. When employees are engaged in their working then this will increase their
working abilities which would make them more productive towards performing of organisational
objectives (Hegarty and Moccia, 2018).
What are the factors that affect retention of talented employees?
From the above gathered information using literature review this can be examined that
Providing flexibility within working can be the boon for the organisation and employees as well

when employees are happy they can work with their associated organisation for longer span of
time (Burnett and Lisk, 2019). By encouraging recognition within the organisation leaders may
increase their employee retention in appropriate manner. The leader is required to delegate their
working in their sub-ordinates so that all the tasks can be completed and sense of responsibility
can be attained by individuals (Iqbal, Guohao and Akhtar, 2017). The leaders are required to
provide continuous training plans to their employees so that their skills can be sharpened in
overall manner and at the same time business objectives can also be attained. Leadership is the
ability which continuously influence a team of people so that important traits can be
encompassed within them. Leadership represents individuals which are managed in the manner
to acquire edge into the business so that aim and objectives can be attained.
What are the strategies that are pertaining to leadership that impacts retention?
From the above gathered information using literature review this can be analysed that
The leadership is centred over rendering such grooming to staff by which they can realize
enterprise purpose in more proper mode and this manner experience of staff can be improved and
at the same time they can retained in the administration for longer time period of time (Moullin,
Ehrhart and Aarons, 2018). With the help of effectual leadership advanced execution situation
can be formulated in the administration and at the same time staff engagement and retention can
also be formulated. That is why leadership is essential for holding the staff. Leaders carry out
assorted attributes with themselves so that motivation can be provided within the company's staff
and their ability can be utilized in pulling off all the features of the company (Sadq, 2019). In the
context of managing employee retention the leaders may use different training and development
methods so that they can carry out their roles and responsibilities in more appropriate manner.
Conclusion/Recommendation
It is concluded that leadership is an important concept to learn and study so that its
applications can be applied in the real world organizations. This is because leaders performs the
tasks which are beneficial for the organizations and also to retain the skilled and talented
employees of the company. Therefore, it is important to analyse the concept of leadership within
an organisation. It is essential to examine the importance of leadership for retaining employees.
It is necessary to determine the factors that affect retention of talented employees. It is significant

to assess the strategies that are pertaining to leadership that impacts retention. Hence the above
discussion covers all such areas in order to better understand the conception of leadership.
It is recommended that the organization must create the awareness of the leadership
practices among the employees so that they can develop within themselves for self management.
It is suggested that the leaders must encourage for efficiency and leaders should also guide and
motivate the employees for retention. It is advised that leaders must focus on the on boarding and
training along with the flexibility are the factors which impacts the retention of employees. It is
also recommended that defining and communicating the business objectives along with the
encouraging recognition and delegating power and also the continuous training can be the
strategies which must be adopted by leaders which pertains to leadership that impacts retention.

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