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Labour turnover is highly topical subject and an important dilemma facing Tanzania
public sector traditionally, and even in today‟s contemporary world. Many theories
of Human Resource Management state that when workforce is given a particular
level of motivation and incentives, it will result in increasing the possibilities of an
organization to attract and retain their key workforce. Although Tanzania
government has embarked on several reforms to motivate their workforce, there is
still a general perception that public sector workforce are not willing to stay and
work in particular areas. The main objective of this research was to assess the demotivational
factors that influencing labour turnover in Public Sector. The Case of
this research is the Ministry of Home Affairs. The study intends to establish the
procedures in which the government can apply to attract and retain employees in the
organization.
This study focused on the assessment of de-motivational factors influencing labour
turnover in public sector, Ministry of Home Affairs in particular. Based on the
research findings, the researcher believed that labour turnover is a critical problem
for many organizations because there are so many factors leading to it. Despite the
facts that it is very difficult to control the turnover rate within organization, there is a
need for an organization to attempt to create a consistent and durable retention plans
in order to retain their key professional and technical workforce in order to minimize
the turnover rate.
The study used both qualitative and quantitative methods. The study compared
theories and empirical findings. The intention of investigating and using the Ministry
of Home Affairs as a case study is to make the information from the research
relevant to the Ministry and the interest in establishing how the problem of labour
turnover can be resolved. The researcher used questionnaires; observations,
interviews and documentary review.
Keywords: De-motivational, labour turnover, workforce attraction, retention and
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