Abstract:
The main objective of this study was to assess the Employee turnover & their retention strategies with
reference to some selected youth & sport office in Jimma zone” focuses on some of the key issues like
training, performance appraisal, reward system, motivation, satisfaction & job security that youth &
sport office provides. The research methodology adopted for this study was descriptive survey with
quantitative & qualitative approaches based on structured questionnaire. Two stage cluster sampling
techinique in lottory method was used to select sample respondents & data gathered from both primary
& secondary sources of the sample size for the study from 90 managements and employees those who
selected from nine woredas those who were selected through census. The study was delimated to Jimma
Zone youth & sport offices. Analysis was made on the data collected through questionnaire. Based on
the analysis made of this study findings were identified and presented as follows. The findings in this
study were the impacts of Scio-demographic characteristics of the employees, salary structure,
promotion & motivation factors, retaining factors, attitude of managements & environment were
identified. The reasons for the employees turn over in the youth and sports of the selected woredas were
poor payment, lack of facility, poor management, absences of appropriate and available resources and
equipment’s and absences of timely reward and recognitions for employees, the motivational factors
that dissatisfied the employees were poor payment of salary, compensation offered by the organization
and benefits and respects toward employees and the employees were highly dissatisfied in job security,
lack of support and guidance, lack of flexibility in the organization, training and development
opportunities, and promotion opportunities. Therefore, the finding of this study had shown that the level
of job satisfaction of employees in the organization was low. Finally, based on the findings fulfillment of
the employees necessary skill, competency & educational need for the positions,implementing
motivational factors, designing retention mechanisms, creating conduceive environment, participating
in decission making, fair promotion & recognition are among the given recommendations.
