The effects of job satisfaction on employees’ turnover intention in Addis Ababa private schools: the case of moonlight academy

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to examine effect of job satisfaction on employee turnover intention in Addis Ababa Private School: The case of Moonlight Academy. The study hypothesized that there are significant negative relationships for the four factors of job satisfaction which is pay and benefit, career development, work environment and distributive justice in the turnover intention of the professional employees at Moonlight Academy. Employee turnover intention has a major problem in education sector because of work load and stress. Moonlight Academy is one of those education sectors that suffer high rate of employee turnover intention. From the total of 50 employees were selected through census survey. To collect primary data structured questionnaires were distributed to 50, out of which all are usable questionnaires were collected. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. The tests involved were ANOVA, Pearson Correlation Coefficient and Multiple Regressions. The results show job satisfaction factors such as pay and benefit,
career development, work environment, and distributive justice and turnover intention have significantly negative relationship. These findings show that the related factors should have given attention to retain employees in the organization. Some suggestions have been recommended for the organization and for future research to be completer and more comprehensive.