期刊名称：International Journal of Business and Management Studies
电子版ISSN：1309-8047
出版年度：2020
卷号：12
期号：1
页码：177-190
出版社：Social Sciences Research Society
摘要：Voluntary turnover intentions of academic staff in South African higher education
institutions (HEIs) are escalating. High turnover of academics present several
challenges to higher education such as additional costs for the induction and
training of new staff, loss of research outputs and organisational productivity, and
reduced quality of teaching due to mid-semester replacements of lecturers.
Therefore higher education institutions need to become more talent intelligent and
retain quality academics to remain relevant and sustainable. The main objective
of this research was to determine the factors affecting the talent retention of early
career academics in selected South African Higher Education Institutions.A mixed-method research approach was used for this study. A Talent Retention
Diagnostic Tool was administered among early career academics from selected
HEIs (n=117). Follow-up interviews (n=23) were done with early career
academics from different HEIs within South Africa.
The findings showed that the respondents were slightly satisfied with their
compensation. Some respondents alluded to a significant lack of recognition
despite high performance. On average it appeared that the participants were
satisfied with management support. Some participants however pointed out that
more attention should be paid to talent management and performance evaluation.
The results further showed that the participants were moderately satisfied with
general institutional practices. Compensation and recognition and institutional
practices had the largest effect on employees’ intention to quit their jobs.
This study identified the factors that potentially affect early career academic’s
intentions to quit their profession. HEIs are advised to redevelop talent
management practices with regard to compensation and recognition, career
development, and general institutional practices to cater for the diverse needs of a
new generation of academic staff. HEIs are encouraged to build a supportive work
environment for early career academics that will retain them in higher education
institutions.
关键词：Compensation; Early career academics; Management support; Talent
management; Turnover intentions
