Causes of Employee Turnover Intention: A Study on Banking Industry of Pakistan

In Organizations productivity is a vital issue. There are many factors that determine productivity of an organization. Nowadays Employee turnover is one of those which are considered to be one of the difficult issues in business. The effect of intension to leave has received huge attention from top management(senior executives), human resource professionals and other industrial psychologists has proven it to be one of the most costly and apparently difficult human resource challenges faced globally by different organizations in the whole world. The main purpose of this research is to discover the real causes behind the turnover and its harmful effects on the productivity of many industries especially banks. We (the authors) of this document have studied and visited numerous local Banks in both government and private sectors in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan, and observed the causes of turnover. The real aim of this research paper was to discover the existing reasons of turnover, adverse affects, and possible results that could be useful for their productivity and market shares for local Banks. Finding shows that employee turnover intention has a significant relationship with the variables i.e Job satisfaction, Trust Relationship, Job Security, Organizational Commitment and Job Stress but it has insignificant relationship with Person Organization Fit whereas the major contributor to turnover intention is Job Stress.