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Impact of managers on the retention of knowledge workers from different race groups within the manufacturing sector
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23224 Impact of managers on the retention of knowledge workers from different race groups within the manufacturing sector Wocke, Albert upetd@up.ac.za Naidoo, Naresh UCTD Employee retention Organisational commitment Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. Literature has also shown that how long an employee stays in an organisation is determined by their relationship with their manager. By identifying the key managerial behaviours that are considered by knowledge workers to be important for retention, organisations will stand a greater chance of retaining these individuals. This research investigated what impact the knowledge worker’s perception of his manager’s behaviour has on his intention to stay with the organisation. The research also aimed to establish whether perceived managerial behaviour affected retention differently for the different race groups. A quantitative study was done which was based on a previous study by Rhule (2004). The current study focuses on knowledge workers in a leading Pulp and Paper company in South Africa. The study found that there is a strong relationship between the knowledge workers perception of the manager’s behaviour and intention to stay. Another key finding is that there is no significant difference between black and white respondents in how competent they perceive their managers to be on managerial behaviours they consider important for retention. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T14:47:08Z 2010-06-01 2013-09-06T14:47:08Z 2009-04-01 2010-06-01 2010-03-16 Dissertation Naidoo, N 2008, Impact of managers on the retention of knowledge workers from different race groups within the manufacturing sector, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23224 > G10/69/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23224 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03162010-122754/ © 2008, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Employee retention Organisational commitment Impact of managers on the retention of knowledge workers from different race groups within the manufacturing sector |
| title | Impact of managers on the retention of knowledge workers from different race groups within the manufacturing sector |
| title_full | Impact of managers on the retention of knowledge workers from different race groups within the manufacturing sector |
| title_fullStr | Impact of managers on the retention of knowledge workers from different race groups within the manufacturing sector |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of managers on the retention of knowledge workers from different race groups within the manufacturing sector |
| title_short | Impact of managers on the retention of knowledge workers from different race groups within the manufacturing sector |
| title_sort | impact of managers on the retention of knowledge workers from different race groups within the manufacturing sector |
| topic | UCTD Employee retention Organisational commitment |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23224 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03162010-122754/ |