Retaining Valued Employees / Edition 1

by Rodger W. Griffeth, Peter W. Hom

Overview

How do you keep valuable employees from leaving? With employee turnover at a ten-year high in the tightest labor market in recent memory, human resource professionals face this challenge daily. This book briefly summarizes the current research in the area of employee turnover and provides practical guidelines to implement proven strategies for reducing unwanted turnover. Topics covered include differentiating between functional and dysfunctional turnover, job enrichment, employee selection, orientation programs, compensation practices, easing conflicts between work and home, social integration, and managing exiting employees. Separate chapters are devoted to using employee surveys to predict turnover and diagnose turnover causes and reducin

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761913061
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	02/13/2001
Series:	Advanced Topics in Organizational Behavior series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.66(d)

Table of Contents

How Turnover Can Be Costly to Organizations
Job Enrichment
Realistic Job Previews
Socialization and Supervision
Employee Selection
Using Employee Surveys to Predict and Diagnose Turnover Causes
Compensation and Rewards
Reducing Turnover among Special Groups: Minorities and Women
Managing Exiting Employees
Appendix: Sample Employee Surveys

Editorial Reviews

"As labor markets continue to tighten, organizations are paying increased attention to the problem of employee retention. Retaining Valued Employees gives HR managers the kinds of tools they need to develop and implement effective retention policy."

Robert Steel