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MANAGEMENT RESEARCH METHODS 17 MANAGEMENT RESEARCH METHODS Management Research Methods Author's Note

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Management Research Methods (RBP020L003S)

   

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Management Research Methods serves as a comprehensive guide to designing and conducting research in management-related fields, such as organizational behavior, human resource management, industrial relations, and business administration. The major types of design used in management research (Review of relevant literature, Recruitment, Selection, Analysis Methods Used in Employee Retention Research, Critical Analysis of the Two Research Methodologies,).

MANAGEMENT RESEARCH METHODS 17 MANAGEMENT RESEARCH METHODS Management Research Methods Author's Note

   

Management Research Methods (RBP020L003S)

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Running head: MANAGEMENT RESEARCH METHODSManagement Research MethodsName of the Student:Name of the University:Author’s Note:
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1MANAGEMENT RESEARCH METHODSTable of Contents1.Introduction..............................................................................................................................32.Review of relevant literature:...................................................................................................52.1 Recruitment............................................................................................................................62.2 Selection................................................................................................................................72.3 Training..................................................................................................................................82.4 Motivation..............................................................................................................................82.4.1 Remuneration......................................................................................................................92.4.2 Rewards and recognitions...................................................................................................92.4.3 Career planning.................................................................................................................102.5 Job satisfaction.....................................................................................................................113. Analysis Methods Used in Employee Retention Research........................................................134. Critical Analysis of the Two Research Methodologies.............................................................134.1 Introduction to Research Article 1.......................................................................................134.1.2 Application of the Research Method used........................................................................144.1.3 Contribution of the Research............................................................................................154.1.4 Gaps in the Research........................................................................................................174.2 Introduction to Research Article 2.......................................................................................194.2.1 Application of the Research Method used........................................................................19
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2MANAGEMENT RESEARCH METHODS4.2.2 Contribution of the Research............................................................................................204.2.3 Gaps in the Research........................................................................................................205. Conclusion.................................................................................................................................21References......................................................................................................................................23
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3MANAGEMENT RESEARCH METHODS1.IntroductionThe aim of this paper is to conduct a literature review of academic articles on the topicemployee retention. The paper shall review the relevant articles and provide a critical analysis oftwo research articles from amongst the ten selected articles related to the topic. The paper shallalso identify any limitations and propose a research question in order to identify and cover thegaps.Since ages, the companies have faced the issue of employee retention and have beenfinding out ways to improve the employee retention rate. Organizations all over the world incurhuge costs in recruiting, selecting and training the staff. The organizations are unwilling to leavepotential employees for its competitors. This results in the incurrence of huge costs inrecruitment and selection and even financial losses to several organizations (Ahammad et al.2016). Employee retention refers to the capability of an organization to maintain andpreserve its employees. Employee retention can be measured in terms of the efforts put in by theemployers for retaining his or her workforce (Aruna and Anitha 2015). The organizations striveto decrease the rate of employee turnover by attempting to retain its employees, which wouldhave otherwise resulted in the loss of talent and increase in the recruitment and training costs.Several organizations have their own retention programs that involve career development,executive coaching, orientation and motivation (Cascio 2014).2.Review of relevant literature: The figure below shows the several parts of strategic human resource management that lead toemployee retention. The recruitment, selection, training, and motivation work together in
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4MANAGEMENT RESEARCH METHODSattracting and retaining the employees. Improper recruitment might affect the quality of theemployees in the selection stage and improper selection of candidates shall hamper theproductivity of the organization. Figure 1: Factors causing employee retention (Source: Pinder 2014)According to Terera and Ngirande (2014), an organization can remain ahead of itscompetitors only when it has talented employees that help in distinguishing the company fromthe others. In order to gain competitive advantage, the organizations need to attract and retaingood quality and talented employees who work towards the achievement of the organizationalobjectives. According to Bode, Singh and Rogan (2015), the cost incurred by the companies inrecruiting and selecting the candidates often turns out to be more than the yearly salary of theemployees. 2.1 Recruitment:
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5MANAGEMENT RESEARCH METHODSAccording to Alias, Noor and Hassan (2014), recruitment is the process of attracting theright kind of candidate for a job role. Recruitment is one of the major parts of human resourcemanagement. Recruitment is the first step of hiring an employee. The process of recruitmentinvolves job analysis, sourcing, and screening. job analysis refers to providing the properdescription and specification of the job vacancies. Job analysis refers to mentioning the job roleand the required qualification according to which the candidates may apply for the vacant post.Alias, Noor and Hassan (2014) stated that sourcing involves finding out the strategies ofattracting the candidates. 2.2 Selection:According to Gupta (2014), selection refers to the process of choosing the best possiblecandidates from among the ones who have cleared the initial stage of recruitment. Selectioninvolves selecting a qualified person who has the potentiality of contributing to the developmentof an organization. The selection system involves judging the candidates on the basis of theirknowledge, skills, and abilities. Selection involves several ability tests, personality tests,interviews and knowledge based tests. The selection ratios of different companies vary largely. Beynon et al (2015) conducted a research to establish a relationship between selectionmethods and the employee retention rate in the organizations. The researchers have proven thatthere is a direct relation between the selection process and the employee retention rate. On theother hand, any error in the selection process shall increase the expenses of an organizationwithout increasing the productivity. 2.3 Training:
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