Employee Tenure Towards Individual’s Values On Organization’s Culture: A Study

Abstract

Employee retention is a vital issue for all types of Industries, but especially important for small to medium sized organisations (SMB). Organisational culture positively relates to an organisation’s performance. Corporate cultures influence decisions made by supervisors and positively influence the individual’s productivity and should be considered when managing and inspiring employees. The study was designed to research the correlation of employee tenure when compared to a match variable calculated by quantifying the corporate culture and employee’s values. The findings indicated that a slight negative relationship of employee tenure to the match variable, but not a significant relationship. Further research should be conducted with different populations, in different territories, and during stronger economic times. Quantitative analysis is used to measure the correlation between the data sets of the sample. Cluster sampling was used for the sampling plan for this research study. A total number of 229 samples from 2000 Accountants were selected for the study. It is anticipated that Correlation, Regression analysis and one way ANOVA were performed on the data collected. The results indicated no significant relationship existed between employee tenure and matching the organisation’s culture to an employee’s values. A significant match of organisational culture was indicated with numbers close to zero (0) either positive or negative. Whereas the majority of responses were within the significant range, employee tenure was not significantly increased when the match was significant.