Factors Influencing Staffs Turnover in Malaysia Construction Companies

Employee turnover has always been the real issue in the fields of organisational behaviour, human resource management and labour economics. The issue of why people leave their workplace is always a key concern for human resource managers in various industries and their organisations because of the costly effect that comes from it. Although the vast study on employee turnover, the information regarding this issue is very scarce in the scope of construction industry in Malaysia. The purpose of this research is therefore to determine the factors influencing employees’ turnover in construction companies and the strategies taken by the companies to retain employees. A total of 45 sets of questionnaires were collected. The questionnaires collected were then analysed by frequency distribution. For the first objective, the findings revealed that the studied factors influenced employee turnover from a neutral to fair extent. For the second objective, all the strategies mentioned could be taken and used as retention strategies by the company from a neutral or fair extent and hence its practicality and effectiveness to retain employees.