Voluntary employee turnover in South African organisations

Abstract

This research explores employee voluntary turnover in South African organisations. A questionnaire was administered to the identified six companies in and around the cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria in Gauteng Province. Integrating the literature on voluntary employee turnover, this study attempted to identify which antecedents of voluntary turnover (demographic factors, perceived alternative employment opportunities, job satisfaction and organisational commitment) are correlated with turnover intention. The results indicate that overall, correlation exists between turnover intention and age, level of income , tenure of employees , employees' commitment, job satisfaction and alternative employment opportunities. No correlation was found to exist between turnover and employees educational levels, gender and job levels.