The Role of Employee Retention on Job Performance: A Case Study of Accra Brewery Company Limited, Accra

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2011-08-22
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Employees today are different. They are not the ones who do not have good opportunities, especially, experienced and talented ones. As soon as they feel dissatisfied with the current employer or the job due to lack of advancement opportunities, salary and remuneration and others, they switch over to the next. The result is that employers lose their invested resources to their competitors, corporate memory is lost, employee-customer relationships are strained and more over the moral of existing staff goes down. It is therefore very important that employers retain their employees, especially the good and experienced ones. Employee retention is a process in which employees are encouraged to remain with the organization for the maximum period of time or until the completion of a particular project( Hom ,1995). This study looks at the retention practices in Accra Brewery Limited (ABL), from the point of view of its employees and what role retention plays in their job performance. A sample population of thirty employees comprising of senior and junior level staff in the various departments was used. Eight (8) out of the thirty (30) employees, representing 26.67%, were satisfied with the retention practices of ABL. The study confirms that lack of advancement opportunities, work-life balance, lack of reward and recognition and salary and remuneration were more common reasons for departure among all employees. Retaining top talent is a primary concern for many organizations today and this study recommends that retention strategies should be aimed at retaining highly skilled personnel and at the same time building up under-performers. Feedback on employee performance is vital to building confidence in the retention practices of the Brewery. In addition, employee value proposition as enshrined in the vision statement of the Brewery must be upheld while management should be flexible in terms of work-life balance. These motivation of employees produces a culture of commitment to the objectives of the organization.
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A thesis submitted to the Institute of Distance Learning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Commonwealth Executive Masters of Business Administration, October, 2011
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