sometimes unconscious] rationales for continuing.
2. This approach also tends to assume a perfect correlation between job dissatisfaction and tumover. Many a company works for low tumover because it thinks a low rate implies that its employees are pleased with their jobs-and, a fortiori, productive. This is not necessarily true, by any means. A low rate may just be the effect of a tight job market. Or perhaps the company has put golden handcuffs on its employees through a compensation scheme that emphasizes deferred benefits.There are many factors involved.
In itself, the fact that an employee stays on a payroll is meaningless; the company must also know why he stays there. We shall show, in fact, that some carelessly conceived methods of maintaining a low tumover rate can be detrimental to the financial health of a company and the mental health of its employees.
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