The relationship between succession planning practices and employee retention in public Hlis Malaysia

• Main Authors: Bano, Yasmeen, Omar, Siti Sarah, Ismail, Fadillha
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7627/1/J14485_29452414fc370586d300386d91f5a214.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7627/

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between succession planning practices and employee retention in Malaysian Public Higher Learning Institutions (HLIs). This study used a survey research design to establish its empirical validity. Data was collected with the distribution of questionnaire from four technical universities. These universities included University Malaysia Pahang (UMP), University Tun Hussain Onn Malaysia(UTHM), University Technical Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) and University Malaysia Perlis (UniMap). The unit of analysis consists of academic and non�academic employees of four technical universities. In the selection of sample from the focused respondents (9,750) of the study ,a simple random sampling method was used. The study sample consists of 300 valid respondents. Data was collected by distributing questionnaires. Data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics and partial least square equation modeling (PLS SEM) was used to test the study hypothesis. The empirical findings of this study revealed positive relationship between succession planning practices and employee retention that shows a favorable connection. This paper has made a significant contribution to the knowledge and literature of the employee retention and succession planning practices in the education sector. This study also contributed to introduce succession planning practices to retain talented employees within the organization.