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Investigating the relationship between managerialist employment relations and employee turnover intention

Oruh, Emeka Smart, Mordi, Chima, Ajonbadi, Akeem, Mojeed-Sanni, Bashir, Nwagbara, Uzoechi and Rahman, Mushfiqur (2020) Investigating the relationship between managerialist employment relations and employee turnover intention. Employee Relations: The International Journal, 42 (1). pp. 52-74. ISSN 0142-5455

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between managerialist employment relations and employee turnover intention in Nigeria. The study context is public hospitals in Nigeria, which have a history of problematic human resource management (HRM) practice, a non-participatory workplace culture, managerialist employment relations and a high employee turnover intention.
Design/methodology/approach

Based on a qualitative, interpretive approach, this paper investigates the process by which Nigerian employment relations practices trigger the employee turnover intention of doctors using 33 semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders in public hospitals.
Findings

This study found that Nigeria’s managerialist employment relations trigger the employee turnover intention of medical doctors. Additionally, it was found that although managerialist employment relations lead to turnover intention, Nigeria’s unique, non-participatory and authoritarian employment relations system exacerbates this situation, forcing doctors to consider leaving their employment.
Research limitations/implications

Studies on the interface between managerialism and employment relations are still under-researched and underdeveloped. This paper also throws more light on issues associated with managerialist employment relations and human resources practice including stress, burnout and dissatisfaction. Their relationship with doctors’ turnover intention has significant implications for employment policies, engagement processes and HRM in general. The possibility of generalising the findings of this study is constrained by the limited sample size and its qualitative orientation.
Originality/value

This paper contributes to the dearth of studies emphasising employer–employee relationship quality as a predictor of employee turnover intention and a mediator between managerialist organisational system and turnover intention. The study further contributes to the discourse of employment relations and its concomitant turnover intention from developing countries’ perspective within the medical sector.

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Item ID: 11487
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-08-2018-0226
ISSN: 0142-5455
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/11487
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ER-08-2018-0226

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Date Deposited: 13 Feb 2020 09:58
Last Modified: 30 Sep 2020 10:47

Contributors

Author: Emeka Smart Oruh
Author: Chima Mordi
Author: Akeem Ajonbadi
Author: Bashir Mojeed-Sanni
Author: Uzoechi Nwagbara
Author: Mushfiqur Rahman

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University of Sunderland in London

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