Research Proposal: Analyzing Factors Affecting Employee Retention

This research proposal aims to evaluate existing research on employee retention, identify factors influencing retention initiatives, and emphasize the importance of various aspects affecting these initiatives. It explores research questions related to factors impacting employee retention and the significance of retention aspects within organizations. The proposed research methods include a mixed research design with qualitative and quantitative approaches, data collection through primary and secondary sources, and probability sampling with 50 employees from British Petroleum Company. Ethical considerations, data analysis techniques, and potential limitations are also addressed, highlighting the importance of creating a positive work environment and effective employee policies.

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Research Proposal
INTRODUCTION
Employee job satisfaction and
engagement aspects are elements of
employee retention programs. Employee
retention is the policies and practices
which let the employee to remain in the
company for a long period of time.
Employee retention takes into
consideration the various evaluations
taken so that an individual remains in a
company for the long period.
limitations and possible outcomes
•Due to lack of time, the research is
bound to not go beyond the
research topic.
•The researcher is not able to
collect information in wide manner
due to lack of data access.
Proposed research methods
Action Plan
An initial review of appropriate literature
• Employee retention in the organizations can be
done by providing positive environment for
effective working. The literature review will
elaborate the importance of employees in the
workplace for which the employer should try to
make effective policies for betterment of
employees. According to Anitha, (2016),
retention is the process in which employer takes
steps to protect the job switching of their major
employees. Employee retention is the method
by which the employer looks forward for good
policies in order to retain talented employees
for attaining goals and success of the
organizations (Ahammad, Tarba, Liu, nd Glaister,
2016.).
• Factors affecting employee retention
• Training and development
• Organizational Culture
• Compensation
• Leadership
• Feedback
Aims and Objectives, Research Question
or Hypothesis
The aims and objectives are mentioned
below for this research proposal
• To evaluate the range of research
works that has been researched in the
area of employee retention
• To find out many factors which
influence retention initiatives in the
companies
• To emphasises the importance of
various aspects that influences
retention initiatives in the company
Research Question
• What are the factors that impact
employee retention or staff turnover?
• What are the importance of the
aspects of employee retention in the
organization?
• Research design: This assignment will consider mixed
research design entailing qualitative and quantitative research
method.
• Data collection: To collection the data for proposed topic,
primary and secondary data collection will be considered.
• Sampling Technique: Probability sampling technique will be
considered for this research paper in which random sampling
technique will be chosen so that everyone gets equal
opportunity to get selected. 50 employees will be selected in
the British Petroleum Company to get relevant response
about proposed topic.
• Access: The research will conduct in London where the
company is situated.
• Ethics: The researcher will use ethical norms for conducting
suitable behaviour with their research participants.
Researcher will also secure the confidential information of
research candidates during the research for making reliable
research outcomes.
• Data Analysis Technique: the statistic and content analysis
technique will be considered in order to analyse the primary
and secondary data respectively.
References
•Ahammad, M.F., Tarba, S.Y., Liu, Y. and Glaister, K.W., 2016. Knowledge transfer
and cross-border acquisition performance: The impact of cultural distance and
employee retention. International business review, 25(1), pp.66-75.
•Anitha, J., 2016. Role of Organisational Culture and Employee
Commitment in Employee Retention. ASBM Journal of
Management, 9(1).