Does Managerial Turnover Rate impact Employee Motivation within Irish Supermarkets?

Collins, Darragh (2024) Does Managerial Turnover Rate impact Employee Motivation within Irish Supermarkets? Masters thesis, Dublin, National College of Ireland.

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Abstract

Turnover in a firm is a problem with far reaching implications, as the loss of a staff member and the costs incurred in replacing them are a detriment to any firm. These negative impacts are even more prevalent when key roles, such as managers, in a firm experience turnover. The full breadth of the effects of turnover in these positions has yet to be defined, with research tending to focus on the leading factors of managerial turnover and its direct impact on performance. This view neglects to consider how a manager’s staff specifically are impacted, which this paper seeks to determine. With a key role of a manager being to motivate their staff, this paper seeks to answer how in environments of varying turnover does staff motivation feel the impact of this phenomenon. Through surveying Irish supermarket employees, their total motivational levels can be measured and contrasted based on how many managers they’ve had over their tenure. This paper found a link suggesting that higher levels of managerial turnover yielded lower average motivation, highlighting an area researchers and businesses alike should be considering regarding their employees’ motivation.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Supervisors:	Name Email Loughnane, Gerard UNSPECIFIED
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management > Human Resource Management > Performance Management > Employee Engagement H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management > Human Resource Management > Performance Management > Motivation H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Specific Industries > Retail Industry
Divisions:	School of Business > Master of Science in Management
Depositing User:	Ciara O'Brien
Date Deposited:	12 Aug 2025 10:44
Last Modified:	12 Aug 2025 10:44
URI:	https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/8502

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