期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2018
卷号：8
期号：12
页码：499-509
DOI：10.6007/IJARBSS/v8-i12/5048
语种：English
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：Changes in the career and organizational landscape have brought tremendous effect to employees’ career, and result to blurring of organizational boundaries. Such unpredictable events influence employees’ retention in the organizations. The paper aims to examine the factors contributing to employees’ retention in the organizations. This conceptual paper theorizing employees’ retention using job embeddedness theory and Herzberg’s two factor theory. Voluminous number of studies concluded that the determinants of employees’ retention can be categorized as the job factors and motivational factors. These two factors are highly associated with the HR practices in the organizations which include attracting, motivating, rewarding and retaining employees through a bundle of job policies, practices and systems. The paper emphasizes on the importance of HRD practices in managing employees’ retention, and highlights the dominance of HRD interventions in retaining employees in the organizations.
