Differentials in Information Technology Professional Category and Turnover Propensity: A Study

Subhendu Chakrabarti and Sumana Guha

Global Business Review, 2016, vol. 17, issue 3_suppl, 90S-106S

Abstract: Any loss of potential human resource would undoubtedly be a great loss to the organization. Information technology (IT) sector is one of the most important service sectors both globally as well as in India. Being highly labour intensive, the problem of employee turnover appears to be serious to the IT companies towards achieving or maintaining competitive advantages. This study tries to explore the factors responsible for the turnover propensity of the managerial and technical IT professionals. A theoretical framework on employee turnover as well as logistic regression models for the managerial and technical categories of IT employees has been built. Based on primary survey, the study revealed that irrespective of category, age and gender, the attraction of ‘higher salary’ (HS), ‘higher company-brand-name’ (HCBN) and ‘higher portfolio’ (HP), in chronological order, became the important factors for leaving a company, especially among younger employees. Employees’ attitude towards life and work also plays an important role in the turnover decision. Attraction of ‘higher salary’ and ‘higher portfolio’ appears to have the strongest effect on turnover propensity among the managerial and technical category of employees, respectively.

Keywords: Employee turnover; competitive advantage; intellectual capital; attitude (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1177/0972150916631086

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