EFFECTS OF SUPPORTIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT ON EMPLOYEE RETENTION MEDIATING ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL ENGAGEMENT

Abstract

Purpose - To investigate what supportive work environments’ effect is on employee retention and how organizational engagement plays a mediating role. Methodology & Design - In this research primary data from 300 respondents from various organizations were analyzed. To access the dimensionality and validity of the study variables confirmatory factor analysis has been used. Findings - The results of the following study show that supportive work environment has a strong effect on employee retention and the organizations which fail in provision of a supportive work environment face a higher turnover ratio. The sub variables of supportive work environment and the variable of organizational engagement are positively related towards employee retention. The results prove that there exists a significant relationship among supportive work environment and employee retention as the sig value of the relationship is lower than 0.05. Implications - The findings of the study will help the managers and employers in Pakistan in controlling their retention rates and formulating retention strategies accordingly to keep the optimum level of employees within the organization and to be competitive.