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Organisational determinants of employee turnover for multinational companies in Asia

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dc.contributor.authorZheng, C.
dc.contributor.authorLamond, D.
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractHigh employee turnover rates among multinational companies (MNCs) in Asia have become an organisational issue, which cannot be sufficiently addressed at the individual level. In this paper, we examine the issue of employee turnover at the organisational level. A group of organisational variables (e. g., training, size, age, industry, percentage of expatriate managers and headquarters' national base) were tested, using a sample of 529 MNCs in six Asian countries. The standard multiple regressions show that training, size, the length of operation in local subsidiary and nature of industry are significantly related to turnover. An effect of the percentage of expatriate managers present in the local subsidiary on employee turnover appears to be moderate. These results fill a research gap by identifying organisational variables (as opposed to individual characteristics) and contribute to better explanation of employee turnover at firm level. Implications to MNCs in the greater Chinese region and Asia are discussed.
dc.identifier.citationAsia Pacific Journal of Management, 2010; 27(3):423-443
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10490-009-9159-y
dc.identifier.issn0217-4561
dc.identifier.issn1572-9958
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/143838
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.rightsCopyright 2009 Springer
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-009-9159-y
dc.subjectturnover
dc.subjecttraining
dc.subjectmultinational companies (MNCs)
dc.subjectexpatriate management
dc.subjectChinese
dc.subjectAsia
dc.titleOrganisational determinants of employee turnover for multinational companies in Asia
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished
ror.mmsid9916426299101831

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