- Title
- An examination of the relationship between employer-provided training and development and employee turnover in the Victorian public service
- Creator
- Kennett, Geraldine
- Date
- 2012
- Type
- Text; Thesis; DBA
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/55954
- Identifier
- vital:4615
- Abstract
- This study, which has adopted a qualitative research approach using the Victorian Public Service (VPS) as a case study, explores the relationship between employer-provided training and development and employee turnover. The study examines training and development models and discusses how the context (organisation and employment characteristics) influences the training and development models adopted by the VPS. The study also investigates whether various training and development models have a differential impact on employee turnover. This study identifies three training and development models adopted by the Victorian Public Service and finds that each has a differential impact on employee turnover. The models used are labelled Individual Development, Team Development and Organisational Development. Employers often assume there is a relationship between training and development and employee turnover. While a number of organisations use training as an employee-retention strategy, others are reluctant to increase their investment in training and development because they fear employees may leave as a result of their improved skills and knowledge. In their desire to retain skilled workers in a market of short labour supply employers have become more concerned about the relationship between training and employee turnover. Available statistics indicate that the labour market is entering a period of supply shortages that could last many years. "From abstract"; Doctor of Business Administration
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Training; Employees; Staff turnover; Workplace training
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