Strategies for Reducing Voluntary Employee Turnover in Public Schools

• Main Author: Proctor-Matos, Peggy Teresa
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: ScholarWorks 2019
• Subjects: employee engagement; employee recognition; job satisfaction; public schools; voluntary employee turnover; work motivation; Business; Educational Administration and Supervision
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7719; https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8991&context=dissertations

The oversight of systematic approaches to reducing voluntary employee turnover decreases educational institutions’ budgets and performance. In the United States, public schools spend over $2.22 billion annually in voluntary employee turnover costs. The purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore strategies public school leaders use to reduce voluntary employee turnover. The population consisted of 3 leaders from 1 public school located in Georgia, with successful experience reducing voluntary employee turnover. The conceptual framework for this study was grounded in Vroom’s expectancy theory. The data collection process included semistructured interviews and organizational documents and artifacts. Data were analyzed using a thematic analysis. Three themes emerged from the data collected: building a collaborative and supportive work environment, creating work motivation, and implementing incentives, rewards, and professional development. The implications for positive social change include the potential to reduce the local government’s expenditures associated with the replacement of employees and to increase resources for supporting social initiatives and more effective instruction for students in the community.