FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO EMPLOYEE TURNOVER INTENTION IN THE CASE OF ETHIOPIAN ROAD AUTHORITY

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to asses’ factors that contribute to employee turnover intention in EHTIOPIAN ROAD AUTORITY (ERA) in particular and how it can be reduce by using cross sectional data derived from a self-completed administered. Both probability and none probability sampling were used to select respondents and data gathered from both primary and secondary sources. Thus, survey, interview, and document review were used to gather the data. Cluster and purposive samplings were used to select the study participants. For analysis purpose the study utilized SPSS statistical software and descriptive methodThe result showed that poor communication system, unattractive salary and staff benefits , unfair and not transparent promotional procedure, poor managerial effort to retain employees , organizational policy & procedure of related to job that are not adequately communicated and poor moral of employees are factors contributing for employees turnover intention.However, loving their job better than other job they have had in the past were employee retention factor. In addition the study revealed attractive Compensation system for skilled labor, availability of fair and transparent promotional procedure managerial effort to retain employees in ERA, open communication system, empowering employees to participate in decision making equal and adequate welfare for staff and better managerial effort to retain employees in ERA are as strategies that could be adopted to reduce employee turnover intention at ERA, So ERA must give more attention for the factors that contribute for employees turn over intention. Hence, ERA must give more attention for factors, that could impact on staff turnover and strategies that could be utilized to retain staff.. Key words:, ,