ASSESSMENT ON EMPLOYEES’ TURNOVER INTENTION: THE CASE OF ETHIO-TEBIBE GENERAL HOSPITAL, ADDIS ABABA

Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine employees’ intention to leave their carrier and associated factors among health professionals in private hospital of Ethio-tebibe general hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The study was done based on primary and secondary data sources. A self-administered questionnaire was designed to collect the relevant information from the respondents. A descriptive research design was followed and applied mixed research approach. To determine the sample size from the target population, a formula designed by Yamane Tura was employed and 202 respondents were considered for the study. To select the sample respondent, stratified random sampling was used. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics supported by SPSS software. The result revealed that the presence of poor organizational management, unfavorable work environment, high work pressure and job dissatisfaction which contributes for the overall intention to leave their career. The study recommends that, to retain experienced and dedicated health workers, responsible bodies should aggressively work on the concerns identified like, improvement in salary, promotion in terms of training/education opportunity, improving work-environment and improving of the leadership skills of the managers by developing a supportive supervision system.