Author

  • Syed Saad Hussain Shah

    • Iqra University, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan
    • Pakistan

  • Jabran Aziz

    • Iqra University, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan
    • Pakistan

  • Ahsan Raza Jaffari

    • Iqra University, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan
    • Pakistan

  • Muhammad Wasiq Ejaz

    • Iqra University, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan
    • Pakistan

  • Asad Khattak

    • Iqra University, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan
    • Pakistan

  • Kashif Ur Rehman

    • Iqra University, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan
    • Pakistan

  • Muhammad Aslam Khan

    • Preston University, Islamabad, Pakistan
    • Pakistan

Abstract

In today’s era of towering competition the retention of workforce is highly desirable for long term success of any organization. The employees serve as backbone for any organization and are responsible for attaining the laid down objectives of the organization. The ongoing study investigates the effects of mentoring on turnover intensions of employees working in telecom sector of Pakistan. Researchers retrieved data with the help of questionnaires based on five point likert scale from almost 300 employees working in telecom organizations of Pakistan. Multiple regressions were used to analyze the collected data. Result shows that mentoring mostly is negatively associated with turnover intension because employee was not satisfied with mentoring and commitment in employees is only due to experienced learning which helps to develop additional skills in employee.

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Hussain Shah, S. S., Aziz, J., Jaffari, A. R., Ejaz, M. W., Khattak, A., Rehman, K. U., & Khan, M. A. (2011). Mentoring and its Effects on Turnover Intensions in Perspective of Pakistan’s Telecom Sector. Information Management and Business Review, 3(3), 133-138. https://doi.org/10.22610/imbr.v3i3.926

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2011-09-15

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