This study revealed weak retention practices by the College in all of the established retention factors which include compensation and benefits, employee engagement, performance management, retention measures, and career development, hence; requiring an extensive review and modification of many administrative procedures which supposedly geared towards people management. | A study on employee retention in education sector in India International Journal of Management IJM Volume 7 Issue 3 March-April 2016 pp. 01-11 Article ID IJM_07_03_001 Available online at http IJM JType IJM amp VType 7 amp IType 3 Journal Impact Factor 2016 Calculated by GISI ISSN Print 0976-6502 and ISSN Online 0976-6510 IAEME Publication A STUDY ON EMPLOYEE RETENTION IN EDUCATION SECTOR IN INDIA Dr. V. Antony Joe Raja HOD Department of Management Sri Muthukumaran Institute of Technology Near Mangadu Kunrathur Rd Chikkarayapuram Chennai Tamil Nadu 600 069 R. Anbu Ranjith Kumar Research Scholar Department of Management Studies Karpagam University Coimbatore India ABSTRACT The research project entitled Employee retention is an attempt to understand the opinion and attitudes of the various categories of employees of the SriSairam Hr. Sec. School Prof Dhanapalan College for Arts and Science Sri Krishna Engineering College towards the employee retention in the institution. It is important to explore factors which contribute with the retention of employees in this period of employee shortages and increased service demands in the field of education sector. This inquiry however was delimited to one of the branches of a fast growing private college which offer health science programs wherein all the teaching personnel are the respondents. This study revealed weak retention practices by the College in all of the established retention factors which include compensation and benefits employee engagement performance management retention measures and career development hence requiring an extensive review and modification of many administrative procedures which supposedly geared towards people management. Further the demographic characteristics of the subjects of the study exposed the diverse workforce population demanding for effective retention measures which would translate into job satisfaction increased work performance. The
