The Impact of Racial Discrimination on Employee Retention at TESCO plc

This research proposal investigates the impact of racial discrimination on employee retention within TESCO plc, a multinational retailer. The study aims to identify the challenges that racial discrimination poses, assess its influence on employee retention, and explore the importance of employee retention for an organization. The research will employ a positivism philosophy, a deductive approach, and a survey strategy using questionnaires to gather quantitative data. Data collection will involve both primary and secondary sources, including online resources and questionnaires. The proposal outlines a literature review covering the benefits of employee retention, the challenges of racial discrimination in the workplace, and the relationship between discrimination and retention. The methodology includes the research onion framework, detailing research philosophy, approach, strategy, choice, time horizon, and data sources. The study aims to provide insights into how to mitigate the negative effects of racial discrimination and improve employee retention rates within TESCO.

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Research Proposal Template
Project Title
The impact of racial discrimination on the employee retention.
Aims and Objectives
Employee retention is considered to be a most crucial factor within an organization as it supports in
keeping the high skilled and competent employees at workplace so that their expertise can be used
in order to deal with the challenges that being confront by the organization effectively (Aruna and
Anitha, 2015) . The employee retention is only possible when workers rea being treated fairly and
provided with a positive working environment where they feel safe and happy to work. But there is
certain factor that influence employee retention and work place discrimination is one among them.
This is so because such practices have a direct influence over the morale of employees and make
them uncomfortable at work place when they experience such kind of behavior.
Hence this creates issues related with employee’s retention as within such environment at
workplace the employees mainly try to search new or better option where they are being value to
the race to which they belong and be valued as per their culture (Terera and Ngirande, 2014 ).
Therefore, the racial discrimination at workplace bring up several challenges as well as issues for
an organization and employee retention is one among them, as discrimination practices directly
result into turnover of employees. So, for effectively understanding the influence of racial
discrimination over employee retention this study is conducted which is based on TESCO a large
multinational retailer that deal within offering products related with food, household items etc.
The main aim behind conducting this study is to develop an understanding regarding the
consequences that racial discrimination brings within an organization. Other than this its main
emphases will be over the determining influence that racial discrimination brings over the
employee retention within the organization. This support TESCO in determining the actions that
can be taken in order to keep employees retain at workplace and at the same time avoiding the
racial discrimination by determining what influence that it can bring within the organization. `
Aim: -
To investigate about the influence of racial discrimination over the employee retention within an
organization. A study on TESCO plc.
Objective: -
 To identify the importance of employee retention for an organization.

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 To determine the challenges that racial discrimination brings within the workplace of
TESCO.
 To ascertain the relationship between racial discrimination and affecting employee
retention within TESCO plc.
Research Questions
 What is the importance of employee retention for an organization?
 What challenges does that racial discrimination brings within the workplace of TESCO?
 What is the relationship between racial discrimination and affecting employee retention
within TESCO plc.
Relevance to Professional or Academic Field/Literature review
Literature review is considered to be that section of an investigation which focuses toward
critically reviewing the information which is already available over a subject area, so that a
better understanding can be developed about the topic chosen for investigation. This further
support in performing the investigation in effective manner as it supports in deciding the
actions to be taken and in what direction to achieve research aim.
The importance of employee retention for an organization
As per the view point of Triana, M.D.C., Jayasinghe, M. and Pieper, J.R., 2015, employee
retention is defined as the technique implemented by an organization in order to keep the
employees stay and connected with the organization for longer duration. It involves set of
practices that can be adopted by a management in order top keep its employees motivated
with their work and at the same time likely to perform work for the organization. There are
number of benefit that an organization mainly get when it maintains its employees retain for
long span of time. First and foremost, benefit of it that organization get is that it helps in
maintain the skills and talent remain within the organization and continuously work toward
the organizational goals which not only help in enhancing the profitability but also work
toward improving eth productivity. This is so because when employees constantly work
within a business for long then they get deep understanding about its structure, process and
pattern of work which in turn help them in finding new or more productive easy to perform
task efficiently. Other than this, the retention practices within an organization also support in
increasing the morale of employees toward their working practices which in turn further
contribute toward keeping them aligned with the organizational goal. This zeal motivate them
to perform well and support organization to achieve their targets and competitive edge mat

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marketplace.
The challenges that racial discrimination brings within the workplace of TESCO
According to the information presented by the Jang, Y., Lee, A.A., Zadrozny, M., Bae, S.H.,
Kim, M.T. and Marti, N.C., 2017, the inequality at workplace is being faced by the employees
within certain area or certain aspect of their work life. These practices mainly get space at a
place where the regulatory guidance or standards are not much implemented effectively. The
racial or ethnic discrimination is considered to be one of the most commonly fou7nd practices
specially within the multinational organization. This is so because while operating business at
several different geographical location the organization required to hire employees that have
better understanding of that particular place so business practices can be performed in more
efficient manner. These people mainly belong to different culture of racial background which
sometime become a reason for racial discrimination at workplace. As TESCO is a
multinational brand and maintains a diversified workforce, the racial discrimination can also
be taking place in this organization which results in to several; challenges. These mainly
includes, a reduction in employees’ productivity as when they feel uncomfortable to work
then employees won’t be able to perform their 100%. Other than this, it may also result in
employee’s turnover as when they don’t get satisfied or happy with their job then they won’t
be able to survive for longer. Addition to this some other challenges of racial discrimination to
TESCO is increasing work error, absenteeism, delay in operations, lack of efficiency, negative
brand image, dissatisfaction toward management, increasing conflicts and disputes.
The relationship between racial discrimination and affecting employee retention within TESCO plc
As per the perception of Newman, A., Nielsen, I., Smyth, R., Hirst, G. and Kennedy, S., 2018
, the racial discrimination brings up several consequences or issues within an organization
which in turn directly influence its performance at marketplace. The discrimination practices
are directly linked with the satisfaction or dissatisfaction of employees toward their work. The
racial discrimination is mainly belonging to the practices where employees are being
exploited or being experience unfair practices with them at workplace due to difference in
their cultural background or ethnicity to which they belong. As the TESCO maintains a
diversified workforce, so that discrimination practices as per the racial basis may have a direct
influence over the retention of employees. This is so because the racial discrimination affects
the morale of employees which in turn further reduce their motivation toward performing their
task with efficiency. As a result of which they started losing their confidence in performing

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work and won’t be able to fully utilize their skills and competencies which in turn increase
their dissatisfaction toward the job role. This further results into influence the employees to
seek for a better option where they can work effectively and also get valued by the other
members of the organization. Therefore, the racial discrimination creates a dissatisfaction and
discomfort among employees to perform their work which in turn increase the issues of
employee retention as employees started either leaving their job or absenteeism may increase
which in turn overall affect the productivity or profitability of organization.
REFERENCES
Triana, M.D.C., Jayasinghe, M. and Pieper, J.R., 2015. Perceived workplace racial
discrimination and its correlates: A meta‐analysis. Journal of Organizational
Behavior, 36(4), pp.491-513.
Jang, Y., Lee, A.A., Zadrozny, M., Bae, S.H., Kim, M.T. and Marti, N.C., 2017.
Determinants of job satisfaction and turnover intent in home health workers: The role of job
demands and resources. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 36(1), pp.56-70.
Newman, A., Nielsen, I., Smyth, R., Hirst, G. and Kennedy, S., 2018. The effects of diversity
climate on the work attitudes of refugee employees: The mediating role of psychological
capital and moderating role of ethnic identity. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 105, pp.147-
158.
Aruna, M. and Anitha, J., 2015. Employee retention enablers: Generation Y
employees. SCMS Journal of Indian Management, 12(3), p.94.
Terera, S.R. and Ngirande, H., 2014. The impact of rewards on job satisfaction and employee
retention. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 5(1), p.481.
Research Approach or Methodology
Research methodology is considered to be that section of an investigation which depict about
the range of methods, tools or approaches that a researcher use for gathering, analyzing,
interpreting and arranging the information in meaningful manner so that appropriate
conclusion can be extract out in relation with the aim and objectives of a particular
investigation. For performing this investigation effectively the research onion framework will
be used which consist of set of layers that ensure investigate get performed in systematical
manner. The layers of this framework is mentioned below:
Research philosophy: It is defined as the set of beliefs that the investigator follows while
performing investigation about a particular area. The research philosophies are mainly of two
type such as interpretivism and positivism. Among these two for current study positivism
philosophy is more appropriate as it support in analysis the quantified information and
comparing it to the research objective in order to present finding in more systematic manner.
Research Approaches: This approach is mainly used for the analysis of gathered data and

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totally depends over the method used for performing an investigation. Inductive and deductive
are the two main approaches used within a research. Among them deductive approach will be
used as it support in analyzing the quantified data.
Research strategy : It explains the way in which a researcher would execute the activities
involve within the investigation. The strategy used within investigation are experimental,
survey, case study, action research etc. From these strategies, survey method will be used
where a questionnaire is prepared in order to gather the information from population using
sampling method.
Research Choice: It refers to the type of method used for conducting an investigation and
over this the efficiency or appropriateness of a study depends. There are mainly two methods
of investigation such as qualitative and quantitative. Among these two the quantitative
methods of investigation will be used as it support in gathering the data in numerical facts or
figures which support in making eth analysis of data easier and also brings up more accurate
data.
Time horizon: It describe about the time required for performing the project work or
completing the whole project. The time horizon are of two type such as longitudinal and cross
sections. Among them cross sectional time horizon will be adopted as it help in investigation
to perform the set of activities in a particular duration of time.
Sources of data collection: It is about the medium used for collecting the information about a
particular area of study. There are two sources of data collection such as primary and
secondary sources of data collection. For conducting this investigation both the sources will
be used as it help in presenting the more accurate findings by comparing the secondary or
already presented information with the new findings in the form of primary data. Hence,
secondary information will be collected with the help of online sources like books, journals,
articles where data gathered from the findings of several scholars will be critically evaluated
for creating understanding. On other side the primary information will be gathered with the
help of questionnaire which allows to gather view point of larger number of people over a
particular concept or event at a time.
For gathering primary information sampling method will be used which is a process of
selecting the people that help in gathering information regarding that current area of concern.
There are two methods used for selecting the sample size out of whole population such as
probability and non-probability sampling method. Among these two-probability sampling
methods will be used in order to perform this investigation in effective manner as it supports
in avoiding the chances of bias behavior form the researcher while selecting respondents. This

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is so because it provides equal opportunity to the respondents for being selected and then
choose people randomly out of available population. Hence for this the sample size would be
selected using random sampling approach under probability method, where the sample size
would be 10 managers of TESCO.
Ethical Issues
There are number of ethical issues that may be found while performing investigation such as
inadequacy of data due to lack of understanding about concept and aim behind it to the
respondents, authenticity of data, privacy of the respondents. Hence for ensuring that these
ethical issues may not affect the outcome of the study, researcher will follow certain ethical
principles while performing this investigation which includes confidentiality where the
information of the respondents would not be disclosed with the result of study in any manner
and there identity would be kept secret. For maintain this the GDPR(General Data Protection
Regulation) will be implemented which govern the processing of personal data and ensure its
security and confidentiality under right of privacy act. Other than this the respondents would
be provided with informed consent where the withdraw condition, respondents right and aim
behind the project will be represent. Other than this for ensuring eth authenticity of data the
information gathered for secondary data will be collected from well know published sources
and of updated information.
Expected Outcomes
With the conduction of this research the investigator would be able to develop its understanding
regarding the impact that racial discrimination at workplace bring over the employee and their
retention within eth organization. Other that this it will also provide an idea regarding the actions
that can be taken in order to deal with this issue within an organization. Apart from this when it is
about personal development then the researcher would be able to sharpen up its researcher skills
and get an understanding regarding eth several tools and techniques that can be used for
performing the investigation effectively and bring up the most positive outcome out of the effort
presented over performing research.

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