Labour Turnover: Aspects of its Significance

Abstract

Labour turnover, despite attempts to reduce it, has largely remained an intractable problem. This study aims to establish a deeper understanding of labour turnover by analysing it in the context of ten organizational variables. The study highlights the significance of labour turnover as a behavioural measure, by showing that it is one of the most sensitive variables in depicting organizational deterioration. It is shown that labour turnover is not so much a problem within a work organization as a problem pervading the entire work organizarion. Thus, long-term solutions to the problem of labour turnover are more likely to be found in substantive programs of organization development rather than in personnel practices directed at remedying particular sources of dissatisfaction.