A Study on Motivation, Job Satisfaction and Staff Turnover in Organizations

This dissertation proposal aims to understand the different leadership roles played by management in promoting job satisfaction and motivation among employees to reduce staff turnover rates in organizations. The research will examine the implications of leadership roles in promoting motivation and job satisfaction, and the extent to which they reduce staff turnover. The study will utilize a positivism philosophy, inductive approach, and explanatory research design. Data will be collected from primary and secondary sources, including exit interviews, online surveys, and interviews with managers in the hospitality industry.

DISSERTATION PROPOSAL FORM
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Name TAM Wai Wah Student Number @00504815
Course MSc in Global Management
Provisional Title of Your Dissertation.
A study to understand the manner in which motivation and Job satisfaction
among the employees reduces the staff turnover rate
Describe the topic(s) or issue(s) you wish to investigate for your Dissertation.
These must relate to the subjects that comprise your programme of study, and must
clearly indicate what your aims /objectives / research questions will be.
Research aims
The research will be aimed at understanding the different leadership roles that
are played by the management of the organizations in order to promote job satisfaction
and motivation among the employees. Job satisfaction and motivation helps in reducing
the rate of staff turnover in the organizational contexts. Therefore, the aim of the
research is to examine the different leadership roles that are played by the management
in order to reduce staff turnover rates resulting to the smooth functioning of the
processes.
Research objectives
The objectives of undertaking the research are:
 To examine the different implications of leadership roles played by the
management in promoting motivation and job satisfaction among the employees
 To inspect the extent to which motivation and job responsibility reduce the rate
of staff turnover
Research questions
The research questions are:
 What are the different factors that affect of the motivation and job responsibility
on the performance of the employees?
 What steps can an organization take to increase the impact on motivation and
job responsibility that would reduce the rate of staff turnover in the organizations?
What facts or information will you need to gather? How will you access these?
Research philosophy
The research philosophy will be helping in undertaking the suitable research
paradigm in the study. As per the requirements of undertaking an unbiased study the

current research will be making use of the positivism philosophy, which will be
emphasizing on the scientifically proven techniques. The utilization of the scientifically
proven techniques in undertaking the research will be helping in maintaining the efficacy
of the research.
Research approach
The research approach will be helping in actualizing into the desired outcome of
the research. Therefore, the research will be undertaken through induction of new ideas
and models, which will be helping in maintaining the efficacy of the research. The
induction of the new models in the research will be supported through the inductive
approach.
Research design
The research will be utilizing the explanatory research design, which will be
focused on witnessing the cause and effect relationship between the different aspects of
motivation and job satisfaction with the reduction of the rates of turnover in an
organizational context. The research design will be helping in guiding the research study
to the estimated an unbiased outcome of the study.
Information to be gathered and accessed
In this current study, the data will be collected from the primary and secondary
sources. The data for the primary sources will be gathered through exit interviews of
employees working in the hospitality industry. The employees will be provided with an
online survey through Google forms and the survey questions will be analyzed
quantitatively. The qualitative data will be conducted by executing interviews of the
managers working in the hospitality industry and will consist of open-ended questions.
The secondary data will be collected from government websites, statistical websites and
annual report of different companies in the hospitality industry. In order to collect the
primary data, the respondents will be provided with information sheet and consent forms
so that they have the access to necessary information regarding the purpose of the
project and their interest in participation.
To which subject area(s) is this proposal - in your view - most strongly
related?
The selected subject area is leadership under the Global Management Studies. This
topic shall help to understand the leadership role to motivate the employees and design
job responsibility in order to reduce the staff turnover in an organization. It will also be
studying the manner in which job satisfaction and motivation affects the rate of staff
turnover in the organizational context.
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