Employee Turnover & Motivation: An Impact Study on Boots Retail

This report investigates the impact of high employee turnover on employee motivation and management within Boots Retail. It aims to understand talent management, analyze the impact of motivation schemes on employee retention, identify challenges faced by Boots Retail due to increasing turnover, and determine suitable ways to mitigate employee turnover and increase talent retention. The research employs a deductive approach, positivism philosophy, and quantitative research using questionnaires and probability sampling. Key findings indicate the importance of employee motivation dimensions such as regular promotion, recognition, benefits, and working conditions, and their impact on performance. The report concludes that employee motivation is crucial for achieving business objectives and recommends that Boots develop strategies to enhance employee motivation and retention through effective communication. Methodologies used include deductive approach, positivism philosophy, questionnaire, quantitative research, with interview suggested as an alternative methodology.

To identify the impact of high employee
turnover on employee motivation and
management. A study on Boots Retail

Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Research Aim, Objectives And Questions
• Research Questions
• Literature Review
• Research Methodology
• Data Analysis And Findings
• Conclusion
• Recommendations
• Reflection
• References

INTRODUCTION
• Employee motivation is defined as the energy level, enthusiasm, amount of
creativity and commitment that a worker brings to the organisation on a
daily basis.
• Employee management is the effort to facilitate employees do their best
work in order to attain the business goals and objectives.

RESEARCH AIM
Research Aim: To identify the impact of high employee turnover on employee
motivation and management. A study on Boots Retail.

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
Research Objectives:
• To understand the concept of talent management and the motivation schemes implementing by the business.
• To analyse the impact of staff motivation schemes over the increasing retention of employees at workplace.
• To identify the challenges faced by Boots Retail due to increasing turnover at workplace.
• To determine the suitable ways that can be implement by Boots Retail to mitigating the issue of employee
turnover and increasing the retention of talent at workplace.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS
 What is the concept of talent management and the motivation schemes implementing by the
business?
 What is the impact of staff motivation schemes over the increasing retention of employees at
workplace?
 What are the key challenges faces by Boots Retail due to increasing turnover at workplace?
 What are the suitable ways that can be implement by Boots Retail to mitigating the issue of
employee turnover and increasing the retention of talent at workplace?

LITERATURE REVIEW
• Talent management is defined as the procedure of attracting, selecting and
retaining employees.
• Retention of employees includes different steps taken for retaining employees who
wishes to move on.
• Company faces different types of challenges when it is unable to manage and
organise employees.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
 Deductive approach
 Positivism philosophy
 Quantitative research
 Questionnaire
 Probability sampling

DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS
Q.1. According to you, what are the basic dimensions of employee
motivation?
Frequency
a) Regular promotion 20
b) Employee recognition 10
c) Employee fringe benefits 10
d) Employee working condition 10
a) Regular promotion
b) Employee recognition
c) Employee fringe benefits
d) Employee working condition
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
20
10 10 10
a) Regular promotion
b) Employee recognition
c) Employee fringe benefits
d) Employee working condition
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
20
10 10 10

DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS
Q.2. As per your opinion, have your performance increased
by receiving employee motivation?
Frequency
a) Yes 45
b) No 5
a) Yes b) No
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
45
5
a) Yes b) No
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
45
5

CONCLUSION
• From the above research this can be concluded that employee motivation
is considered as one of the greatest aspect which is used within business
and helps in gaining various objectives in the business.
• With the help of employee motivation this is easier for the companies to
enhance their business objectives and to develop market aspect as well.

RECOMMENDATIONS
• This is analysed that Boots is required to develop various aspects in their
business so that they can develop employee motivation and retain their
employees within their organisation.
• In this manner with the help of effective communication Boots may
generate higher employee motivation which leads the organisation to
develop employee productivity and employee retention as well.

REFLECTION
• By Conducting tis research, I used different types of research methods that are deductive
approach, positivism philosophy, questionnaire, quantitative research and many others.
• All these are main methodologies that helps me in attainment of research aim and
objectives successfully.
• Along with this, there is an alternative research methodology i.e. interview. This is
alternative methodology that could be used if I get further chance of conducting another
research.

References
• Adeola, M.M. and Adebiyi, S.O., 2016. Employee motivation, recruitment
practices and banks performance in Nigeria.
• Ahmed, V., Opoku, A. and Aziz, Z. eds., 2016. Research methodology in the
built environment: a selection of case studies. Routledge.
• Bairagi, V. and Munot, M.V. eds., 2019. Research methodology: A practical
and scientific approach. CRC Press.
• Devi, P.S., 2017. Research methodology: A handbook for beginners. Notion
Press.