IMPACT OF SAFETY HEALTH ENVIRONMENT ON EMPLOYEE RETENTION IN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY: MEDIATING ROLE OF JOB SATISFACTION AND MOTIVATION

Saad Salman (), Asif Mahmood (), Faisal Aftab3 () and Atif Mahmood ()
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Saad Salman: Institute of Professional Development, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
Asif Mahmood: Institute of Business & Management (IB&M), University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
Faisal Aftab3: Department of Research, Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Atif Mahmood: Lahore Business School, University of Lahore, Pakistan

IBT Journal of Business Studies (JBS), 2016, vol. 12, issue 1, 185-197

Abstract: Purpose This study analyzes how employee retention is influenced by factors like safety health environment, job satisfaction and motivation.Methodology/Sampling This research is quantitative in nature, where 250 survey questionnaires have been distributed within the employees of pharmaceutical industry in Pakistan.SPSS and AMOS have been utilized to analyze the direct and mediating effect of variables.Findings This study confirms that employee retention is a significant outcome of safety health environment.Moreover, the levels of job satisfaction and employee motivation equally mediate the relationship between safety health environment and employee retention.Practical implications The findings of this paper suggest that the pharmaceutical firms in Pakistan and specifically in Lahore should foster the health protection policies, and in turn it would help enhance the satisfaction and motivation in staff, resulting in the retention of capable employees.

Keywords: Safety health environment; job satisfaction; motivation; employee retention; Pharmaceutical industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.46745/ilma.ibtjbs.2016.121.13

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