Perceived organisation prestige, employee engagement and high turnover intentions among Makerere university staff
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between Perceived Organisation prestige, employee engagement and high turnover intentions among Makerere university staff. The study was intending to achieve the following objectives; to examine the relationship between perceived organizational prestige and employee engagement among Makerere university staff, to examine the relationship between perceived organizational prestige and employee turnover intentions among Makerere university staff, and too investigate whether employee engagement and employee turnover intentions are related among Makerere university staff. A case study design and Survey questionnaire technique were used to collect the data from 205 employees of Makerere University. A pearson rank Correlation in Special Package for Social Scientists (SPSS) analyses were applied to analyze the quantitative data to find the relationships’ strength. The study found that Perceived Organisation prestige influences Employee Engagement, Employee Engagement does not influence Turnover Intentions and Perceived Organisation prestige does not influence Turnover Intentions. The study of Perceived Organizational Prestige is considered to be one of the most influential factors for employees to engage into organizational work, since members feel proud to belong to an organization that is believed to be reputable in public. When members construe the external image as attractive meaning that they believe this image has elements that others are likely to value - then organizational affiliation creates a positive social identity which can attraction of employees, relates to experiences of employee engagement and intentions to stay of employees. Therefore, Makerere should pay attention to other factors that bring about turnover intentions because it was not related with Employee Leadership and Employee Engagement.