The effect of “BA” on turnover intention Mediating role of Employees Learning and Performance
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2019
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UMT.Lahore
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The purpose of this study was to ascertain the association between ‘Ba’, individual learning, employee’s performance and turnover intentions in private sector manufacturing firms of Pakistan. The study was therefore aimed at exploring how employee learning, through ‘Ba’, can help organizations to reduce higher turnover intentions of employees. The research also highlighted role of employees learning in enhancing their performance. This research is explanatory in nature as it describes the relationship of variables by answering the questions of ‘how’.
Data was collected from all full-time employees, working in private sector manufacturing firms. Sample size was determined as per guidelines given by Hair et al., (2010). Data were taken from 212 respondents because there are 32 research questions in the questionnaire. Statistical analysis was run on the collected data in pursuance of the objectives of this research. The tests included descriptive analysis, exploratory factor analysis, regression through SPSS, and mediation through Macro Process.
Results of the research show that turnover intentions of employees can be reduced by introducing the culture of sharing knowledge ‘Ba’ within the organization. The research also revealed that turnover intensions of the employees are dependent upon the availability of resources and the environment that organization is providing to its employees. There are two kinds of people - one that learning oriented who continuously try to enhance their abilities and master the tasks they perform at work while second are performance oriented who try to achieve positive results from the abilities they are already performing.