Employees’ Turnover Intention in Malaysian Manufacturing Company

  • Noor Rafhati Romaiha Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Melaka Kampus Bandaraya Melaka
  • Rozana Othman Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Melaka Kampus Bandaraya Melaka
  • Nurul Ezaili Alias Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Melaka Kampus Bandaraya Melaka
  • Siti Aisyah Nabilah Mizi Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Melaka Kampus Bandaraya Melaka
  • Nur Hazwani Mohamad Roseli Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Melaka Kampus Bandaraya Melaka
  • Zatul Himmah Abdul Karim Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Melaka Kampus Bandaraya Melaka
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22610/imbr.v15i4(SI)I.3599
Keywords: Employee turnover intention, Salary, Working environment, Employer-employee relationship, Leadership styles

Abstract

Employee turnover is a significant issue in human resource management, which refers to the employees’ willingness to leave their current organization within a predetermined time frame. Thus, it is essential to pinpoint the factors affecting this decision, which include salary, working environment, employer-employee relationship, and leadership styles.  The primary data was collected from a sample of 136 employees from a manufacturing company in Johor, Malaysia, and all questionnaires were successfully collected from the respondents. The data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 23, and Pearson Correlation and regression analysis were carried out to investigate the influences between the variables. The results from the correlational study revealed that all independent variables have a negative relationship with the dependent variable. Multiple regression analysis showed that the four independent variables substantially explain 54% of the variance for employee turnover intention. However, when assessing the coefficient for each independent variable, only salary, employer-employee relationships, and leadership styles were significant, and the remaining variable was insignificant. For future research, it is recommended that an explicit sample size should be adopted so that the findings can be generalized to other similar populations.

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Published
2023-11-11
How to Cite
Romaiha, N. R., Othman, R., Alias, N. E., Mizi, S. A. N., Mohamad Roseli, N. H., & Abdul Karim, Z. H. (2023). Employees’ Turnover Intention in Malaysian Manufacturing Company. Information Management and Business Review, 15(4(SI)I), 258-263. https://doi.org/10.22610/imbr.v15i4(SI)I.3599
Issue
Vol 15 No 4(SI)I (2023)
Section
Research Paper

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