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The Effect of Labour Turnover in Brewery Industries in Nigeria (A Study of Guinness Brewery Industries Plc and Bendel Brewery Ltd in Benin City
A.C. Benedict, M. Josiah, S.K. Ogungbenle and E. Akpeti
Corresponding Author: A.C. Benedict
Submitted: November 25, 2011
Accepted: January 26, 2012
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This research study investigated the effect of labour turnover in Brewery industries in Nigeria.
Labour turnover is a costly problem and an economic drain to Brewing Industries. Labour turnover costs
Brewing industries in Nigeria huge sum of money in recruiting and training replacements. Additional costs are
incured through new employees that are more subject to accidents, causes more breakages and make more
errors than experienced worker. Brewing industries incur losses through reduced production, work disruption
and increases scrap and over-time as a result of departed workers. A cross-sectional survey was utilized to
collect data for answering research questionnaires and testing hypothesis in this research work. The data
collected from questionnaire instrument were also analyzed using percentage. The research finding showed that
the effect of labour turnover were reduced production, increase cost of recruitment, work disruption, increased
scrap and overtime and additional labour turnover. Reduced production was found to have the foremost effect
on labour turnover and this affects output and profit. A comparison of the effect of labour turnover between
Bendel Brewery and Guinness Brewery showed that Bendel Brewery rated increase cost of recruitment and
training replacements as the major effect of labour turnover while Guineas Brewery rated reduced production.
The variables that were hypothetically tested as the causes of turnover had significant effect on brewery
industries in Nigeria.
Key words: Labour retention, labour turnover, response rate, turnover cost, turnover effect, turnover solution,
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A.C. Benedict, M. Josiah, S.K. Ogungbenle and E. Akpeti, . The Effect of Labour Turnover in Brewery Industries in Nigeria (A Study of Guinness Brewery Industries Plc and Bendel Brewery Ltd in Benin City. Asian Journal of Business Management, (2): 114-123.
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ISSN (Online): 2041-8752
ISSN (Print): 2041-8744 |
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