Mgmt 591

Investigating Employee Turnover |

Shequila Elmore |

shequilaelmore@gmail.com (803)354-8511 MGMT591 Leadership and Organizational Behavior Dr. Tracy Elazier August 3, 2013, 2013 |

Walmart is the world’s third largest public retail corporation that runs chains of large department stores and warehouse stores. Walmart is a family-owned business that originally started in Bentonville, Arkansas by Sam Walton in 1962. It’s also largest grocery retailer in the United States. In 15 countries, under 55 different names Walmart has 8, 500 stores.

Despite the success of the Walmart organization there has been large numbers of employee turnovers. It’s been expressed there are three major reasons. First, unsatisfied pay, the organization states the average hourly wage is $9.63 for all its stores in the United States but the workers union says its actually $6.35 an hour. Second, the organization is moving against the complete unionization of its workforce, even though Walmart has a union there is little to no room for the development of industrial relations. Lastly, the organization likes to hire part-time employees, which stops regular employment that lessens firm responsibility of legal benefits.

Problem Statement

What Is Employee Turnover and Why Does It Occur?

Employee turnover is when employees leave their organization for any reason and have to be replaced. It occurs in organizations of all sizes, in the public sector and private sector. The turnover rate is the...