Organizational Strategies for Adapting to High Rates of Employee Turnover.

Abstract

Many organizations may face high rates of employee turnover that are difficult or prohibitively costly to control. Strategies for increasing employee retention may not be practical in these organizations because employees leave for reasons beyond the control of management or the cost of reducing turnover is greater than the benefits to be derived. In this situation, managers need to consider implementing strategies that can minimize or buffer the organization from the negative consequences that often follow from turnover. Several strategies organizations can use to adapt to uncontrollably high employee turnover rates are presented in this paper. In addition, suggestions are made for how managers should diagnose the problem of employee turnover in their organization and make choices among the alternative strategies for solving this problem. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA132337

Entities

People

  • Richard T. Mowday

Organizations

  • University of Oregon

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Employment
  • Health Services
  • Human Resources
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Research
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Personnel Retention
  • Psychology
  • Public Relations
  • Students
  • United States Government
  • Uss Carl Vinson

Fields of Study

  • Business

Readers

  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design