Organizational culture and staff turnover

Abstract

The purpose of the study was “to establish the relationship between organizational culture and staff turnover in secondary schools in Nkozi sub-county in Mpigi District”. The objectives of the study included: to determine the relationship between organizational values and staff turnover in secondary schools, to establish the impact of organizational assumptions on staff turnover in secondary schools and to analyze the impact of organizational artifacts and staff turnover in secondary schools in Nkozi sub-county in Mpigi District. The study used cross-sectional survey research design adopting both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The researcher used a sample of 92 respondents. Simple random sampling and Purposive sampling was used. Method of data collections was questionnaire guides. Pearson’s correlation co-efficient was used to determine whether there is linear relationship between organizational culture and staff turnover independent. Qualitative data was analyzed through content analysis. Findings of the study revealed that there was a strong positive relationship between organizational values and staff turnover in secondary schools. There was a very strong positive relationship between organizational assumptions and staff turnover in secondary schools. There was also a very strong positive relationship between organizational artifacts and staff turnover in secondary schools. The research concluded that organizational values, assumptions, and artifacts had positive relationship with staff turnover