Job embeddedness and the importance of retaining small firm employees
Abstract
Small firms identify retention of staff as a significant problem. Voluntary turnover of talented staff can be costly, especially in small firms where there are few slack resources. However, there is scant research on retention in small firms . We use the concept of Job Embeddedness to understand why small firm employees stay. The concept t refers to the totality of forces that embed employees in their jobs and it consists of three dimensions: fit, links, and sacrifice. Seven propositions are outlined comparing the ways fit, links and sacrifice might play out for small and large firm employees. Through testing these propositions small firm owner-managers may have a better understanding of what can be done to retain employees and maintain firm performance.
RAS ID
18343
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Date of Publication
1-1-2014
Faculty
Faculty of Business and Law
School
School of Business / Centre for Innovative Practice
Copyright
free_to_read
Publisher
Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management
Recommended Citation
Coetzer, A. J., Redmond, J. L., & Barrett, R. (2014). Job embeddedness and the importance of retaining small firm employees. Retrieved from https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/789
Comments
Coetzer, A. J., Redmond, J. L., & Barrett, R. (2014). Job embeddedness and the importance of retaining small firm employees. Proceedings of Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference. (pp. 1-20). Sydney, NSW. ANZAM. Available here