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FACTORS AFFECTING EMPLOYEES RETENTION: EVIDENCE FROM LITERATURE
Muhammad Irshad 1 Fahad Afridi2 Abstract The article describes the relationship between human resource practices and employees retention in a given organization. The research reviews relevant literature to identify elements of HR practices that influence employee retention. Over the past decade, the way in which people are managed and developed at work has come to be recognized as one of the primary factors in achieving improvement in organizational performance. [Key words: Employees, retention, compensation, rewards, training and organizational justice.] The related literature review of the title unanimously
acknowledges that successful organizations share a fundamental philosophy of creating value and investing in their employees (Maguire, 1995; Annand, 1997) and managing retention of promising employees’ is considered as fundamental mean of achieving competitive advantage among the organizations (walker, 2001). Aliya and Fariduddin (2003) found that the findings tend to prove hypothesis showed that the factors leading to positive and negative attitudes are different. It could also be said that the categories mentioned by the contents analysis and techniques are mostly applicable in our environment. The major drift is seen in low feelings where some categories were added to record the
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Muhammad Irshad, Research Scholar in MS Management, Qurtuba University, Peshawar, Pakistan. E.Mail: mikhaans@gmail.com 2 Fahad Afridi, PhD Research Scholar, Abasyn University Peshawar & Lecturer in Islamia College University, Peshawar, Pakistan. E.Mail: hhmdpk@yahoo.com
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responses. Only one part of the original research has been replicated for the study; the extension of this