Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage Chapter 10 Employee Separation and Retention Copyright © 2010 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Dec 21, 2015
Human Resource Management:Gaining a Competitive Advantage
Chapter 10
Employee Separation and Retention
Copyright © 2010 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Learning Objectives
Distinguish between involuntary and voluntary
turnover and discuss how eachcan be leveraged
for competitive advantage. Listand apply major elements that contribute tothe
perceptionof justiceto disciplineand dismissal. Specify the relationship between job satisfaction and
job withdrawal and identify sources of job satisfaction. Design and use a survey feedback intervention
program to promote retention of key personnel.
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Introduction
To compete, organizations must ensure: Good performers are motivated to stay. Chronically low performers are allowed, encouragedor if necessary, forced to leave.
2 Types of Turnover: Involuntary turnover—initiated by the organization(often among thosewho would preferto stay).
Voluntary turnover—initiated by employee(often those the company would prefer to keep).
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Managing Involuntary Turnover
Employment-at-will doctrine- in the absenceof a specific contract, either an employer or
employee could sever the employment relationship at any time.
Violence in the workplace caused by involuntary turnover has become a major organizational problem in recent years.
A standardized, systematic approach todiscipline and discharge is necessary.
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Principles of Justice
Outcome fairness-the judgement that people makeregarding outcomes receivedrelative to outcomes received by others with whom they identify.
Procedural justice- focuses on methods used
to determine the outcomes received.
Interactional justice- refers to the interpersonal nature of how the outcomes were implemented.
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4 Determinants of Interactional Justice
1. Explanation1. Explanation
3. Consideration3. Consideration
2. Social sensitivity2. Social sensitivity
4. Empathy4. Empathy
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Employee Assistance Programs
EAPs attempt to ameliorate problems encountered by workers who are drug dependent, alcoholic, or psychologically troubled.
EAPs are usually identified in official documents published by the employer.
There are several issues in controversy regarding EAPs.
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Outplacement Counseling
Helps displaced employees manage the transition from one job to another.
Services such as job search support, résumé critiques, job interviewing training and networking opportunities may be provided
in-house or through an outside source.
Aimed at helping people realize that other opportunities exist.
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Managing Voluntary Turnover – Job Withdrawal
Progression of Withdrawal Theory-dissatisfied individuals enact a set of behaviors in succession to avoid their work situation.
3 categories:1. behavior change2. physical job withdraw3. psychological job withdraw
Withdrawal behaviors are related to one another, and partially caused by job dissatisfaction.
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Job Dissatisfaction-Job Withdrawal Process
Causes - Job dissatisfaction
- Personal disposition- Tasks&roles- Supervisors& coworkers- Pay&benefits
Manifestations -job withdrawal
- Behavioral change- Physical job withdrawal- Psychological job withdrawal
JobDissatisfaction
JobWithdrawal
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Behavior Change
An employee's first response to dissatisfaction would be to try to changethe conditions that generate dissatisfaction.
When employees are unionized, dissatisfaction leads to an increased grievances.
Employees sometimes initiate change through whistle-blowing - making grievances public by going to the media or government.
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Physical Withdrawal
4 ways a dissatisfied worker can physically withdrawal from the organization:
1. Leave the job
2. Internal transfer
3. Absenteeism
4. Tardiness
Companies spend 15 %of payroll costs to make up for absent workers on average.
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Job Satisfaction and Job Withdrawal
Job satisfaction is a pleasurable feeling that results from the perception that one's job fulfills one's important job values.
3 aspects of job satisfaction: 1. values2. perceptions3. Importance
Frame of Reference serves as a comparison for other points and provides meaning.
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Pay andBenefits
Tasks andRoles
Sources of Job
Dissatisfaction
Personal Dispositions
Unsafe Working
Conditions
Supervisors andCoworkers
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Unsafe Working Conditions
Each employee has a right to safe working conditions under the Occupational Safety
and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA).
Financial bonuses linked to specific safety related goals help keep employees focused
and pay for themselves over time.
Firms that emphasize safety send workers a clear signal that they care about them.
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Sources of Job Dissatisfaction
Personal Dispositions Negative affectivity is a dispositional
dimensionthat reflects pervasive individual differences in satisfaction with any and all aspects of life.
Tasks and Roles The nature of the task itself is the key predictor
of job dissatisfaction. Job Rotation Prosocial Motivation
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Sources of Job Dissatisfaction
Supervisors and Coworkers A person may be satisfied withhis or her
supervisor and coworkersdue to:– shared values, attitudes, and philosophies,– strong social support
Pay and Benefits For many people, pay is a reflection of self worth,
so pay satisfaction takes on critical significance when it comes to retention.
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Survey Feedback Interventions Surveys:
emphasize overall satisfaction. assess the impact ofpolicy changes. allow the company to compare itself with others in the
same industry. allow the company to check for differences between
units and benchmark “best practices.”
If people fail to see timely actions taken on matters identified as problems in the survey, satisfaction is likely to be lower than it would be in the absence of a survey.
Any strategic retention policy has to consider surveying people who are about to become ex-employees.
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Summary
Involuntary turnover reflects a separation initiated by the organization.
Voluntary turnover reflects a separation initiated by the individual. It can be minimized by measuring, monitoring and surveying, then addressing problems found in the surveys.
Organizations can gain competitive advantage by strategically managing the separation process.
Retaliatory reactions to organizational discipline and dismissal decisions can be minimized.
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