teacher/Supervisor Paul Abuonji for his guidance and encouragement during the study. I am equally indebted to my loving and caring husband Abel and our sons Rickens and Adams for the valuable time and encouragement. I am sincere and special thanks to the staff and management of KEMRI/CDC for their support during the period of data collection and for being there for me for clarifications and guidance. ABSTRACT The study investigated the challenges facing organizations with information
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Independence of outside audit firms has been an ongoing issue for a long time in the US corporate world. The fundamental problem arises for the lack of clarity about whom does the audit firm really works for‚ the shareholders or the client company. According to Anandarajan et all (2008)‚ this lack of clarity has resulted in auditor’s independence being impaired. In the US‚ the client hires‚ pays‚ and fires the auditor and therefore‚ the culture of the auditors serving at the pleasure of the client
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[High Staff Turnover in the Hospitality Industry – Is there a Solution?] | People Products and Performance within the Hospitality Industry | CRITICAL ISSUES in HOSPITALITY Article Front Cover Sheet ------------------------------------------------- Author Name: Sabrina ------------------------------------------------- Theme Selected: People Products and Performance within the Hospitality Industry ------------------------------------------------- Paper Title: High Staff Turnover
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How Much Does Labour Turnover Cost? A Study of Australian Four- and Five-Star Hotels Abstract Purpose: Employee turnover is a significant challenge for Human Resource Management (HRM) strategies and organisational performance. This study presents findings drawn from an extensive survey of labour turnover in the Australian accommodation sector. A particular focus is placed on turnover rates and costs. Design/methodology/approach: Based on labour turnover literature and an industry panel‚ an online
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elsevier.comrlocatereconbase The market effects of CEO turnover in Australian firms Jo-Ann Suchard a‚) ‚ Manohar Singh b‚ Robert Barr c a School of Banking and Finance‚ UniÕersity of New South Wales‚ New South Wales 2052‚ Australia b Long Island UniÕersity‚ New York‚ USA c Commonwealth Bank of Australia‚ Australia Abstract We examine the relationship between the monitoring of CEOs by inside and outside directors and CEO turnover in the Australian market. Australian board structures and
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EMPLOYEE TURNOVER: Causes‚ Effects‚ and Preventive Actions René Cintrón Capella University ABSTRACT The author discusses the causes and effects of employee turnover and preventive actions managers can take to avoid out of control turnover. Causes of turnover fall under three categories: job dissatisfaction‚ errors in employee selection‚ and poor management (White‚ 1995). The most common cause of turnover is job dissatisfaction while the most common effects are the expenses borne by a company (Sheehan
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Staff Turnover as a Possible Threat to Knowledge Loss Urbancová Hana‚ Linhartová Lucie Abstract The article focuses on labour turnover as a potential threat to knowledge loss. Labour turnover results in an organizations inability to ensure knowledge continuity. In this study‚ induction was used to identify factors within organizations that determine employees’ exit from organizations. The verifiability of these factors was tested by means of correlation and regression. Subsequently‚ the presented
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Six Sigma Case Study Reducing Employee Turnover in a Hospital System The Challenge A three-facility hospital system was facing a challenge with employee turnover. Statistics showed that almost 50 percent of terminations were employees in the first year of their employment‚ a number that was more than 20 percent higher than the national average. The hospital system estimated that terminations cost as much as $2.2 million annually‚ and that reducing terminations could have significant impact
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Audit Quality and Audit Firm Size: Revisited by Dan A. Simunic The University of British Columbia December‚ 2003 Background: 1. Audit quality is an important element of corporate governance – although it’s unclear whether audit quality and other aspects of corporate governance (e.g. director knowledge and independence) are fundamentally complements or substitutes. 2. Notion that audit quality varies systematically across classes of audit firms (now Big 4 vs. non-Big 4) has been
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report is to find out what couse high staff turnover in hospitality industry. And try to solute those problem. Methodology – The reason of high staff turnover rate divide by three major types‚ which are individual factors‚ enterprise factors and industry factors. After explain three types of factors‚ this report will show some method to solute each problem. Findings – Company should do something to remain their staff to decrease the damage from high staff turnover rate. Each problem can be fixed
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