The topic for the blog was selected mainly due to the fact that there was high staff turnover especially in the higher education institutes in Sri Lanka. This entire blog was focusing on what is employee retention, the employee retention strategies, how facilitating a proper work life balance structure will help employee retention, how recognition and rewards play an integral part in employee retention. The second part of this blog was aimed at the employee engagement aspect and how it can retain employees. A blog article was specially focused on the how employee engagement will facilitate employee retention, how diversity and inclusion relate to employee engagement thereby help to retain employees and finally different employee engagement ideas were presented for users to try in their employement institutes.
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Some topics for further readings are as follows;
- How
onboarding and orientation will facilitate in employee retention- http://www.simsjam.net/index.php/Jidnyasa/article/view/173075.
- The connection
between career growth and employee retention- http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/99399.
- The crucial
role of leadership in retention- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13603124.2022.2066187
- Importance of
open communication in employee retention- https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MD-01-2022-0011/full/html
- Team building
activities and their impacts - https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JKM-09-2021-0720/full/html
- Fostering a
collaborative work environment - https://journals.rcni.com/nursing-management/reflective-practices-meaningful-recognition-for-healthy-work-environments-nm.2018.e1684
- Employee
well-being on their effect on engagement- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09585192.2022.2075235
- How technology is used for employee engagement- https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/ITP-12-2020-0850/full/html
Yes, retaining the top talents in an organisation is most essential to succeed in business, employee engagement is one of the steps to achieve employee retention. According to a research by cupr-hr (2023) "More than half (56%) of respondents are at least somewhat likely to seek other employment in the next 12 months. The most acute retention issues were among student affairs professionals, with administration being a close second." Lacking of employee engagement will create bad impression on an organisation
ReplyDeletemployee retention and engagement go hand in hand. Companies who adapt to this strategy have shown far greater success. It needs to improve in SL as well.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt, Engagement fosters retention, I found this blog very relevant and highlights key factors that contribute to Employee retention...
ReplyDeleteHigher the engagement levels = Higher retention possibilities
ReplyDeleteAn engaged employee that feel included would not necessarily opt to leave unless an opportunity comes along that supersedes any financial benefit earned form their current employment.