The Influence of Work Environment on Employee Retention: Empirical Evidence from Banking Institutions in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the influence of work environment on employee retention in the banking institutions of Tanzania, particularly in Dar es Salaam region.A survey design was employed in the study.Stratified sampling was used to ensure representativeness of banks classified in terms of bank category.Eleven banks were purposely selected and simple random sampling was applied to draw a sample of 370 employees.The quantitative data were collected using questionnaire and analyzed using Binary logistic regression.The results indicated that work environment significantly influenced employee retention with a "p" value of 0.001.It was further revealed that work environment attributes (responsibility for the job and bank reputation) have significant influence on employee retention.The study recommends to the bank managers to develop and implement retention policies that contemplate responsibility and bank reputation as these were the most valued attributes.The bank managers also need to pay attention to the right retention policies in order to improve retention of employees.

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