Sainsbury's: Staff Motivation Schemes and Employee Retention Impact

This report investigates the effect of staff motivation schemes on employee retention and talent management at Sainsbury's. It employs a quantitative research method, using questionnaires to gather data. The study aims to analyze how motivation schemes influence employee satisfaction and retention. The literature review examines talent management concepts, Sainsbury's motivation practices, and challenges faced during implementation, such as resource limitations and communication issues. The research methodology outlines the approaches used for data collection and analysis. The report provides recommendations and implications for further research, highlighting the significance of staff motivation in mitigating employee turnover and improving organizational performance.

11 – Research Project

Abstract
The current selected project tends to be based on the subject of Effect of the staff motivation
schemes on the employee retention as well as the talent management for which an investigation
and research is conducted on Sainsbury. The main purpose of current project is to analyse the
influence of the staff motivation set of schemes on the satisfaction and the retention of
employees within an organisation. Further use of quantitative research method has been made
within current project for which data has been collected with the help of questionnaire. Finally,
valid recommendation as well as implication for further project has been also provided in current
project.

Table of Contents

Chapter One: Introduction
Topic: Impact of staff motivation schemes to employee retention and talent management
Talent management tend to includes of the effective strategies and ways that are adopted
by the human resource management of a firm to have better identification and meeting of the
needs of employees to support higher motivation level (Narayanan, Rajithakumar and Menon,
2019). Along with this, the talent management also tend to includes of the process that aim at
identifying, attracting as well as retaining the talented and skilled employees to have higher
success and growth of a firm. Staff motivation schemes tend to make a vital part of talent
management strategy that comprises of the motivation schemes which aim at boosting the
productivity of employees along with leading higher employee engagement. Current study is
being conducted on the Sainsbury which is a well-known British retailer and among the largest
retailer of UK the main headquarter of which is located in London. The main aim and rationale
for undertaking of the current project has been provided below.
1.1 Research Aim and Rationale
Rationale
The undertaking of current project on the topic of the Impact of staff motivation
strategies to enhance retention of organisational employees and talent management is seemed to
be rationale as it supports mitigation of the risk of high employee turnover within a firm. It has
been seen that the outbreak of the global pandemic of covid-19 has created a huge risk of high
employee turnover as well as reduction in employee motivation (Kumar, 2022). Therefore,
current project is rationale to analysis about the effective motivation sachems as well as talent
management that supports higher employee retention and motivation. Along with this, the
execution of current project is also significant from the personal view point of researcher as it
supports higher knowledge improvement as well as improvement in the key skill and
competency level.
Research aim:
To investigate the impact of reinforcing staff motivation schemes on employee satisfaction
and employee retention within an organisation. A study on Sainsbury’s
1.2 Research Questions
 What are the primary and peripheral elements and concept of talent management?
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 Which are the prominent staff motivation practices reinforced by Sainsbury’s to retain
and satisfy their working employees?
 What are the issues arising within workplace of Sainsbury’s during reinforcing staff
motivation practices for retaining and satisfying employees?
1.3 Research Objectives
 To understand the primary and peripheral elements and concepts of talent management
 To examine the prominent staff motivation practices reinforced by Sainsbury’s to retain
and satisfy their working employees
 To discern the issues arising within workplace of Sainsbury’s during reinforcing staff
motivation practices for retaining and satisfying employees
1.4 Significance of the Research
The significance of current project comprises of the fact that it supports better review of the
staff motivation strategy that helps the business organisation to have higher retention of skilled
employees along with mitigate risk of employee turnover. Beside this, the current study is also
significant in analysis the changes that could be faced while implementing staff motivation
strategies for employee retention and satisfaction thus supports better review of the ways that can
be adopted by the organisation to overcome these challenge (Latukha and et. al., 2022). Further,
the selection of current topic is based on talent management is also suitable and effective to
ensure a higher level of motivation as well as improved satisfaction that lead to better
performance level as well as retention of skilled employees to have improved business success.
Chapter Two: Literature Review
2.1 Introduction of Literature Review
This part of the research tends to includes of the systematic analysis and review of pre-
exiting set of data that provides and caret a base and blue print for further knowledge creation
(Lee and et. al., 2022). The current literature review is based on the topic of the implementing
staff motivation strategies for employee retention and satisfaction along with its key objectives
for which a set of online articles, books and journals are being analysed and review a discussion
of which is provided as under:
2.2 Main Body
Primary and peripheral elements and concepts of talent management
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As per the view point of the Fernando, A.G.N.K. and Sutha, J., 2022, it has been analysed
that the talent management tend to comprises of the process of acquiring, maintaining,
developing as well as retaining and effectively utilising the human resources in order to have a
higher competitive strength and better achievement of objectives. Further, the concept of talent
management tends to includes of a dynamic approach to effectively identify, develop as well as
supports the individual with the higher level of potential to achieve improved performance and
growth level. Along with this, the conceptual framework of the talent management tends to
incudes of the identification of the vacant set of position within a firm along with leading regular
hiring of the suitable candidates (Kafetzopoulos and Gotzamani, 2022). Beside this, the main
concept and aspect of the talent management tend to includes and comprises of the ensuring the
development of the skill and competency level of the employees in a manner that best match and
situated their job position along with retaining these skilled employees for a longer period in
order to ensure better achievement of organisational goals. Further, it has been seen and
identified that talent management forms a vital part of every organisation as it supports a hiker
level of motivation as well as improved satisfaction in employees by the way of ensuring regular
improvement in the skill and knowledge level along with boosting their self confidence level.
Apart from this, talent management is also forms an integral part of human resource management
as it ensures a continuous development of employees to ensure higher success as well as
performance level of a firm (Gerhardt and Karsan, 2022).
Prominent staff motivation practices reinforced by Sainsbury’s to retain and satisfy their
working employees
With respect to the view point of the Donkor, F., Appienti, W.A. and Achiaah, E., 2022, it
has been seen that the implication of various set of the staff motivation strategies are being made
by a form to effective identify and meet the needs of employees that render and supports the
higher employee retention as well as improved satisfaction level at workplace. The key set of the
staff motivation techniques and strategies that are used by Sainsbury’s to ensure the higher
employee retention and improved level of the satisfaction at workplace are listed and discussed
below: Regular training and development opportunities- The Sainsbury tend to have a staff
motivation strategy of providing regular training to its employees which supports
development of key skill and competency. The providing of regular training tends to
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boost the satisfaction and confidence level of employees by the way of enhancing their
ability to perform their job role in effective and improve manner which supports higher
employee motivation and retention level within Sainsbury (Islam and et. al., 2022). Staff incentives and reward schemes- The managers of the Sainsbury also tend to make
use of the staff incentives as well as regular reward and perk schemes to ensure higher
motivation and satisfaction in its employees. The providing of regular incentives and
rewards schemes tend to boost motivation level of employees and directs them towards
better performance by the way of meeting their monetary needs which supports higher
satisfaction and longer retention level to gain higher benefits in future. Positive company culture- The Sainsbury also tend to provides and supports a positive
company culture where all employees are treated on equality basis along with having
higher level of transparency that supports improve job satisfaction. Beside this, ensuring
a healthy and safe workplace as well as focusing on better wellbeing and comfort of
employees also tend to supports staff motivation strategies which brings out the higher
employee retention and satisfaction at workplace (Hunter and Hunter, 2022).
Issues arising within workplace of Sainsbury’s during reinforcing staff motivation practices
for retaining and satisfying employees
According to the opinion of the Panova, E.A., Oparina, N.N. and Bondareva, L.V., 2022, it
has been reviewed that the many challenges related with the lack of resources and ineffective
communication could be faced by an organisation while implementing the staff motivation ways
as well as the strategies for higer employee retention and satisfaction. It has been seen and
analysed that many challenges faced by the Sainsbury in having and leading of the effective of
the staff motivation strategies for the support of higher employee retention and satisfaction
which consists of lack of sufficient resources as providing continuous training as well as extra
perks and rewards is tend to be expensive in nature. Along with this, ensuring selection and use
of appropriate training method that meets the learning needs of all employees is also quite
difficult and complex in nature (Masenya, 2022). Beside this, having ineffective set of
communication channel is also being faced by the Sainsbury in having and leading of the
effective of the staff motivation strategies for the support of higher employee retention and
satisfaction that lead to higher chance of workplace chaos and conflicts and negative impact on
the motivation level of employees. Beside this, identifying and meeting the unrealistic
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expectation of the employees is also a vital challenge faced by the Sainsbury in having and
leading of the effective of the staff motivation strategies for the support of higher employee
retention as well as improved satisfaction. Thus, having effectively identify the need of
employees along with fulfilling and meeting these needs are tending to a complex task during
which many issues related with lack of sufficient resources as well as ineffective communication
is being faced (Franco-Santos, Stull and Bourne, 2022).
2.3 Conclusion of Literature Review
In accordance to the above given literature review a conclusion can be made that the
conceptual framework of the talent management is related with applying and coming with the
effective approaches and strategy that supports attracting, hiring, developing as well as higher
retention of talented employees to effective meet set organisational goals. Further, it has been
also summarized that the providing of the regular training along with making use of the rewards
and perks and offering sportive workplace culture tend to supports effective staff motivation
schemes to have higher retention of employees. Beside this, it has been also concluded that the
lack of effective communication together with higher expenses of motivation schemes are the
key challenges faced in implementing staff motivation strategies.
Chapter Three: Methodology
Research methodology forms tend to forms out an important section of every investigation
that tend to present and reflects about the approaches and method applied by the researcher to
carry out and undertake an investigation in systematic and effective manner. Research
methodology provides a blueprint and framework about the techniques used for effective
collection, analysis and personation of data to achieve the set objectives. Further, the selection of
appropriate research methodology is vital for effective undertaking of project that is based on
conviction and beliefs of the researcher (Alaimo, 2022). The research methodology that has been
sued and applied by the researcher to undertake current study in the topic of the staff motivation
schemes and talent management are listed as below:
Research philosophy- It presents a broad topic of study that helps in leading better
knowledge development that is bifurcated into the two main types which includes of the
positivism and interpretivisim approach. As per the nature and conviction of current project,
making use and application of the positivism philosophy is seemed more suitable as well as
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seemed more appropriate as it supports a practical as well as more systematic set of the way of
investigation to effectively meet the set objective (Stokes, 2022).
3.1 Research Approach
It forms a significant part of a project that provides a process to make the researcher able to
draw and implicate a specific conclusion based on specific instances and observation that is
mainly divided into the two key forms including of deductive and inductive approach.
Application of the deductive approach is made within current project as it tends to be more
suitable and effective to meet the set objective through leading better scanning and testing of
collected data. Along with this, the use of the deductive approach is also tending to be in line
with the positivistic set of philosophy as it also supports specific and measurable set of results to
effectively the meet objective.
3.2 Research Strategy
This tend to present and provide a sequential set of plan that lead to render direction for the
thoughts of the researcher to effectively meet as well as effectively achieve the set objective. The
various forms as well as the types of the research strategy tend to comprises and includes of the
literature review, action research, quantitative survey, interview, observation, experiments, etc.
Out of these set of research strategy making of the use of survey strategy is tending to be most
appropriate and suitable for current project (Narayanan, Rajithakumar and Menon, 2019). The
application of the survey strategy tends to provide that most form of the cost as well as time set
of efficient way of the data collection with the help of questionnaire from a larger number of
population thus ensures better meeting of set objectives.
3.3 Research Methodology (choice of method)
There are two main set as well as the type of research methodology that tend to includes of
the qualitative and quantitative research method out of which the making use of the qualitative
are tend to in-depth and detailed in nature while quantitative includes objective nature of
investigation. With respect to current investigation making use and application of the qualitative
nature of method is not appropriate and suitable as it tends to time cnsunimg and complex in
nature based on theoretical information. Thus, application and selection of the quantitative set of
research method tend to be made in this current project that supported easy way of data
collection in numeric form (Kumar, 2022). Along with this, the use of the quantitative nature of
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research method also tend to lead to better presentation of facts through making use of statistical
tools and charts that ensures better achievement of set objective.
Data collection- The collection of data within current project would be made through
making use of the both primary along with the use of the secondary sources of data has been
made within current project. The use of the primary set of research method is suitable to provide
first-hand set of data that present first time collected information that is more authentic in nature
while secondary data tend to supports a better base as well as effective set of the framework for
the proper undertaking of the study based on review and analysis of pre-exiting data.
3.4 Research Tools
Use of the questionnaire has been made as the research tool for the collection of the
primary set of data. Questionnaire tend to comprises of a written set of document that have a set
of question based on the selected topic to supports easy data collection from a larger set of
participants (Latukha and et. al., 2022). Further, the analysis of secondary set of data would be
made with the help of online set of books, article, journals and other available literature.
3.5 Sampling
3.5.1 Identifying Population and Research Site
The population that has been identified for collection of the primary set of the data tend
to comprises of the employees of the Sainsbury which are taken and selected as population for
current project. Further, the workplace of the Sainsbury tends to be the research site from where
the employees tend to work as employees are the one who have most authentic investigation
about the schemes and strategy of a firm.
3.5.2 Sampling Strategy
Use of the random sampling strategy has been made within current project for the
selection of a sample size of 40 participants from the total set of the employees of Sainsbury.
Questionnaire
Q1) Do you know regarding primary and peripheral elements of talent management?
a) Yes
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b) No
c) Neutral
Q2) Do you find talent management strategies as integral business practice for staff
motivation?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Neutral
Q3) As per your analysis, does talent management play crucial role for employee retention
and satisfaction?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Neutral
Q4) As per your conviction, staff motivation schemes help in upgrading workplace
productivity?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Neutral
Q5) What kind of impression is drawn by staff motivation schemes on the dimension of
employee satisfaction and employee retention within Sainsbury’s?
a) Positive
b) Negative
c) Neutral
Q6) According to you, what are the main staff motivation strategies reinforced by
Sainsbury’s for the purpose to increase employee retention and satisfaction at workplace?
a) Positive work environment
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