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THE INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION, HUMAN RESOURCE AND MANAGEMENT PROCESS AND JOB
SATISFACTION: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE RETENTION SCHEME FOR EMPLOYEES
OF SELECTED BPO COMPANIES IN THE PHILIPPINES
A Thesis Presented to the Graduate School
University of Santo Tomas
In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements of the Degree
Master’s in Business Administration
by
Jimielle Jean M. Legaspi, MBA Leonardo Canoy Jr., Ph.D.
JULY 2020
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
To Almighty God, who strengthen and gave me hope to finish my post
degree on time and being blessed that I have all the resources that I needed
throughout the process. I owe everything to You.
To my parents, Lyn and Jaime Legaspi, who supported me in all of my
personal and career decisions in life.
To my sister, Juno Legaspi, who encouraged and guided me throughout
my postgraduate life and constantly giving me advices for decision making.
To my adviser, Dr. Leonardo Canoy, who is my one-call away mentor and
guided me in every stage in finishing my thesis.
To my panel members, Dr. Enrico Torres, Dr. Vida Caparas and Dr.
George Lu, for their insightful comments and suggestions for the betterment of
my thesis.
To my statisticians and English editor, for helping me in enhancing the
technical parts of my thesis.
To OGR, ERC, and Graduate School staff, who are helpful and patiently
accommodating our inquiries despite of their workloads.
To my dear friends, Team Alyansa, Forever Squad and BSG, who are my
emotional support system, especially in my stressful days.
To my thesis buddies, classmates, and colleagues, who encouraged and
inspired me to continue my MBA journey.
And to all people who were involved, thank you for all the support.
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ABSTRACT
The Philippines holds a high rate of employment in Business Processing Outsource (BPO) as the second-highest country next to India. Despite of this situation, there is a 3.15% labor turnover rate last October 31, 2018, according to the survey of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
The study aims to determine what makes BPO employees stay in the company based on the following factors that may affect their retention decision: intrinsic and extrinsic motivation; human resource and management process; and job satisfaction. Hence, recommendations are discussed to help management sustain their employees in a long run. It would be beneficial, especially to Human Resource Departments, on their management approaches and processes in handling people. Employee engagement and open communication can provide a harmonious working relationship between employer and employee resulting in stronger bonds and commitment. The researcher used Descriptive Correlational research design and gathered data from 500 valid respondents (those with at least one-year work experience) through stratified random sampling from the top 4 locations with the highest number of BPO establishment and employment in National Capital Region (NCR). The results were measured using Pearson Correlation, Sperman Rho, Point Biseral and Chi Square Test.
Keywords: Business Processing Outsource, retention, motivation, human
resource management, job satisfaction
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Title Page i
Approval Sheet ii
Certificate of Originality iii
Certificate of Turnitin iv
Certificate of English edit v
Acknowledgment vi
Abstract vii
Table of Contents vii
List of Figures xii
List of Tables xii
1.0 Problem Rationale
1.1 Introduction/Background of the Study 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem 6
1.3 Research Objectives 8
1.4 Hypothesis of the Study 9
1.5 Scope and Limitation of the Study 10
1.6 Significance of the Study 11
1.7 Definition of Terms 12
2.0 The Research Questions
2.1 Review of Related Literature 13
2.1.1 Demographic Profile 13
2.1.1.1 Age 13
2.1.1.2 Gender 14
2.1.1.3 Tenureship 14
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2.1.1.4 Income/Salary 14
2.1.2 Retention 14
2.1.3 Employee Sustainability 17
2.1.4 Motivation 21
2.1.5 Human Resource and Management Process 24
2.1.6 Job Satisfaction 28
2.2 Theoretical Framework 31
2.2.1 Herberg’s Motivation Theory – Two Factor Theory 31
2.2.2 Antecedent Mediation Model 32
2.2.3 A Model of Facet Satisfaction – Affect Theory 33
2.3 Conceptual Framework 34
3.0 Research Methods
3.1 Research Design: Descriptive Correlational 36
3.2 Research Instruments/Data Measure 37
3.2.1 Questionnaire 37
3.2.2 Pilot Study 38
3.2.3 Documentary Analysis 38
3.3 Data Gathering Procedure 38
3.4 Ethical Consideration 39
3.4.1 Purpose and Conduct of the Study 39
3.4.2 Benefits of the Participants 40
3.4.3 Confidentiality of the Participants 40
3.4.4 Voluntariness of the Participants 40
3.4.5 Responsibility of the Participants 40
3.5 Statistical Treatment of Data 41
4.0 Results and Discussion
4.1 Presentation and Analysis of Data 43
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4.2 Retention Decision and Demographic Profile 45
4.3 Correlation of Demographic Profile 46
4.4 Implication to the Retention Decision 54
4.5 Retention Variables 56
4.6 Correlation of Retention Variables 57
4.7 Retention Variables and its Subfactors 58
4.8 Overall Retention Satisfaction 74
4.9 Variable Subfactor Determinants 75
5.0 Conclusions, Recommendations and Directions for Future Research
5.1 Summary of Findings and Recommendations 77
5.2 Conclusions 79
5.3 Directions for Future Research 80
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APPENDIX
Appendix I. Summary List of References 81
Appendix II. Business Processing Outsource Information and History 87
Appendix III. Request data from PSA 91
Appendix IV. Number of Establishments Engaged Call Center
Activities by Cities 92
Appendix V. Request permission to use and adapt questionnaire 96
Appendix VI. Request permission to conduct survey 97
Appendix VII. Consent Form for the Respondents 98
Appendix VIII. Survey Questionnaire 99
Appendix IX. Ethics Certificate of Attendance 103
Appendix X. ERC Certificate 104
Bibliography
Curriculum Vitae
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LIST OF FIGURES Figure Title Page
1 Herberg’s Two Factor Theory Model 31 2 Antecedent Mediation Model 32 3 Model of Determinants of Facet Satisfaction 33 4 Proposed framework for employee retention by the
researcher 34
5 Employees to stay in given years 55 6 Percentage of employee to stay or leave if an opportunity
comes 56
7 Summary AVM of retention variables 57
LIST OF TABLES Table Title Page
1 Reliability Statistics 38 2 Demographic Profile of Respondents 44 3 2018 Number of Establishments Engaged Call Center in
NCR 45
4 Summary result of significance of demographic profile to the retention decision
46
5 Correlation between Age and Retention Decision 46 6 Correlation between Gender and Retention Decision 47 7 Correlation between Civil Status and Retention Decision 48 8 Correlation between Educational Attainment and
Retention Decision 48
9 Correlation between Working Location and Retention Decision
49
10 Crosstabulation for Chi Square with Significant Results 50 11 Correlation between Level of Position and Retention
Decision 51
12 Correlation between Tenureship and Retention Decision 51 13 Correlation between Type of Business and Retention
Decision 52
14 Correlation between Monthly Income and Retention Decision
53
15 Summary result for Retention Decision 55 16 Correlation of retention decision to retention variables 57
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17 Legend for determinants 58 18 Correlation between Intrinsic Motivation and Retention
Decision 59
19 Average Weighted Mean and Standard Deviation for Intrinsic Motivation
61
20 Correlation between Extrinsic Motivation Factor and Retention Decision
63
21 Average Weighted Mean and Standard Deviation for Extrinsic Motivational Factor
64
22 Correlation between Management Process and Retention Decision
67
23 Average Weighted Mean and Standard Deviation for HRM Process
68
24 Correlation between Job Satisfaction and Retention Decision
71
25 Average weighted mean & standard deviation for job satisfaction subfactor determinants
72
26 Summary result for Overall Retention Satisfaction 74 27 Summary list of retention determinants 75 28 Findings and recommendations 77
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CHAPTER 1
PROBLEM RATIONALE
This chapter will present an introduction and background of the study,
research problem and questions, research objectives, hypothesis, significance of
the study, scope and limitation and definition of terms.
Introduction/Background of the Study
Outsourcing is the process of hiring third party firms to do work
previously performed by the organization itself; this often includes payroll,
employee training, facility maintenance, research and development, human
resources, and accounting functions. Call centers, for example, perform
outsourcing, as widely considered in India and Philippines. Today, large call
centers engage in outsourcing for their operation due to lower labor cost (Soon, et
al, 2019).
Maintaining an effective workforce while meeting the operation
requirements can be achieved by businesses through adopting retention
techniques (Mita (2014), as cited in Kossivi (2016). This issue is one of the
common problems in the BPO industry because they have a fast turnover, a
percentage of employees leave during a period of time, to their employees due to
continuous updates in operation, and technology advancement resulting in
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constant changes in processes and policies. Due to such developments, employees
decide to look for a different and better company that suits their needs and wants
resulting in “BPO hopping”; it is when an employee leaves their current job to
work for a different company, stays there in a brief specific period and leaves
again.
Management should consider and understand the reasons and sentiments
of their employees to solve these issues. It is imperative to determine the gap
between the perspective of the employees towards their workplace, colleagues,
and job itself; with such, there can be a decrease in the rate of employees
resigning. Furthermore, the management can better comprehend the expectations
of employees from their employers and realize how to make them be committed
thus stay in the company. Some possible reasons employees quit and taking
different directions for career growth are: there is no movement on their position;
no healthy relationship between the employer and the employee, efforts are not
being recognized; and the job lacks challenge, and lack of their vision for the
company (Wong, 2002). Hence, there are various factors considered by the
employees in staying at work, such as when they believe to be part of a special
environment and culture, and when what they do have a meaning and purpose
(Oakstone International, 2018); pride in the organization and affiliation affects it
as well (Nguyen, 2010).
The common reason people get a job is because of the compensation. If
their current pay is not satisfactory, employees tend to look for a better company
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that can attend on their needs and demands. Based on a survey by Paychex Worx
(2016), employees leave when they receive low salary (69.44%) and if there is
lack of recognition and reward (45.24%). With 10% higher base pay, there is
1.5% increase and chance that employees will stay at their work as pay matters;
new responsibilities indicates an upward progress for the employees and
compensation should get along with it (Chamberlein, 2017). Thus, compensation
can be classified into three: salary, benefits, and incentives; whereas the
incentives serve as the driver to attract the best employees. Commission is also
one factor because they are being paid according to their performance, making
employees strive to do their best (MaRSdd.com). On the other hand, motivation is
not included within the external factors that employees are getting. They may stay
in a company where they find their purpose, where they feel they belong and
where they acquire a sense of fulfilment; these factors are mostly innate feelings
of the employee for their benefit (Meunier & Bradley, 2019).
However, not all employees are persuaded by either monetary value or
having a sense of self-fulfillment; but companies who prioritize work-life balance,
offer more vacation time, and provide other benefits beyond the basic ones, such
as ancillary and transit benefits, are some factors employees consider as they stay
thus tend to be happy with their work (Johnson, 2020). According to Heathfield
(2020), one factor that makes employees stay is when a company provides tool,
training and time that is essential to the productivity; otherwise, employees leave
to find other companies that can provide these tools. Management system such as
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providing adequate training is important since it gives them ground on what the
company should expect from them to do; and it will give clear vision of their
function in the organization. Thus, it will help them build opportunities for new
learnings and help for performance development resulting in motivated
employees. If an employee is being motivated, it can lead to employees being
committed to their job and to the company resulting in being satisfied with their
employees. There are different determinants on how an employee can be satisfied;
it could be in terms of having a healthy environment, having rewards and being
recognized by the company and having a supervisor with ideas, and career
development (Chair et al,, 2017).
Retention of key and skilled employees is critical to the long-term and
success of organization that involves customer satisfaction, increase in sales,
satisfied staffs, and an effective succession planning inline to the organizational
knowledge and learning (Mathimaran & Kumar, 2017). On the other hand, the
ability of the company to achieve its business goal is through their sustainability
in integrating with business strategies and opportunities from social, economic
and environment which leads to the increase of long term shareholder value
(Mazar, 2014). Thus, employee sustainability and the longevity of employee
residence is one of the factors determining the success of the company in BPO
industry as it shows how companies value their employee and treat them as an
asset. Employee sustainability correlates to retention because it determines how
management can sustain their employees in the long run through their own ways
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and methods to help support their business; and promote commitment and loyalty
to the company, which increases their company credibility on how they are
properly treating their efficient workers, an essential characteristic that every
employee are looking for from their employers.
The government support is through the implementation of the Special
Economic Zone Act of 1995 under the Republic Act No. (RA) 7916 by the
Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), a government agency under the
Department of Trade and Industry helping to encourage foreign investment into
country which provides tax holiday incentives and exemptions under the special
economic zones, where accredited buildings are located in Makati and Bonifacio
Global City; this is one reason Makati city has the highest number of call center
companies and employment in the NCR. Therefore, making Makati City the top
location in NCR with the highest number of BPO employment and offices
followed by Quezon City, Pasig City and Taguig City, respectively; as source of
data selected to conduct survey, and where respondents determined through
stratified random sampling based on their working location.
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Statement of the Problem
The study aims to answer the following questions:
1. What is the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of:
1.1 Age;
1.2 Gender;
1.3 Civil Status;
1.4 Educational Attainment;
1.5 Working Location;
1.6 Level of Position;
1.7 Tenureship / Length of Service;
1.8 Type of Business; and
1.9 Monthly Income?
2. Is there an implication between the years of service of employees to
their decision to stay or leave the BPO industry?
3. To what extent level of how the variables affect the retention decision
of the employees?
4. Are the following variables significant to the retention decision of
employees: intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, human resource
management process and job satisfaction?
5. Is there a significant relationship betweeen the retention decision of
the employees to the following intrinsic motivation subfactors:
5.1 Personal Growth;
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5.2 Recognition; and
5.3 Working Relationship
6. Is there a significant relationship between the retention decision of the
employees to the following extrinsic motivation subfactors:
6.1 Compensation and Benefits;
6.2 Co-workers;
6.3 Proximity; and
6.4 Working Condition
7. Is there a significant relationship between the retention decision of the
employees to the following human resource management process
subfactors:
7.1 Company Policy;
7.2 Employee Engagement;
7.3 Performance and Rewards; and
7.4 Training and Development
8. Is there a significant relationship between the retention decision of the
employees to the following job satisfaction subfactors:
8.1 Career Growth and Development;
8.2 Job Security;
8.3 Stress level; and
8.4 Work life balance
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Research Objectives
In addressing the research problems, this study aims to determine:
(1) if there is an implication between the years of service to the
employee’s decision to stay or leave BPO industry.
(2) the extent level on how the variables affect the retention decision of
employees.
(3) the level of significance of each variable to the retention decision of
employees.
(4) the relationship between the intrinsic motivation and its subfactors to
the retention decision of the employees.
(5) the relationship between the extrinsic motivation and its subfactors to
the retention decision of the employees.
(6) the relationship between the human resource management process and
its subfactors to the retention decision of the employees.
(7) the relationship between the job satisfaction and its subfactors to the
retention decision of the employees; and provide
(8) recommendations on how the company can sustain its employees in a
long period of time based on the findings of the study.
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Hypotheses of the Study
The researcher formulated the following null hypotheses upon analyzing
the statement of the problem:
Ho1. There is no significant relationship between the demographic
profile of the employees to the retention decision of the employees.
Ho2. There is no significant relationship between the intrinsic
motivation and its subfactors to the retention decision of
employees.
Ho3. There is no significant relationship between the extrinsic motivation
and its subfactors to the retention decision of employees.
Ho4. There is no significant relationship between the human resource
management process and its subfactors to the retention decision of
employees.
Ho5. There is no significant relationship between the job satisfaction and
its subfactors to the retention decision of employees.
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Scope and Limitation of the Study
The research focuses on the top 4 areas with the biggest number of BPO
employment in NCR: Makati City, Quezon City, Pasig City, and Taguig City. The
researcher used NCR as the main location due to its strategic location as it is a
hotspot for companies; and it is a perfect location to target variety of respondents
due to its population for a chance to get diverse answers, which can be beneficial
to the outcome result of the study. Despite its large population, the researcher
limited its respondents to 500 due to time frame, and to focus on results from the
gathered data, supported and accepted by the Sloven formula at 0.5 margin of
error. Retrieving answers from online survey for less physical interaction to the
participants is also one of its limitations. It is only exclusive to employees who
have at least one year of working experience in BPO industry and those from the
selected locations in NCR, who agreed to the consent form provided, can be part
of the study.
The available research literature related to the topic that concerns the
Philippine context is also limited. Most related journals are from other countries,
mostly from India, the leading country in business outsourcing. Thus, most
articles found by the researcher are in a different setting and field of industry.
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Significance of the Study
The study aims to provide recommendations promoting retention in the
BPO industry. Thus, it will be significant to the following entities:
• Researcher – as part of the industry for more than five (5) years and this
being the first job, it gives clarity how the BPO world works and how this
industry differs from different sectors of business with its employees;
• HR management – to outweigh recommendations to raise the effective
programs, plans, and strategies for employee retention;
• BPO companies – due to tight competition in the industry, it helps to
identify what packages mainly attracts employees to join the organization
thus can help edge over other competitors;
• Academe – to provide additional information and knowledge which are
updated to the current employment situation of the BPO industry in the
Philippines;
• Government – to help promote awareness that the BPO needs additional
sector to support for employee -related issues and concerns; and
• Society – this is an addition to the existing research literature relating to
employee retention concerning the Philippine setting that can be beneficial
to other industries, and not limited to BPO. It will also be an avenue for
the future researchers who would like to endeavor same field of study.
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Definition of Terms
To have an in-depth understanding of the study, the following terms are
operationally defined:
• Back Office Outsource – consists of people who work behind-the-scenes
and the main support system of the business
• Business Processing Outsource (BPO) – companies abroad hire people
from another country as a third-party service provider at a lower labor cost
• Motivation – the factors, both internal (intrinsic) and external (extrinsic),
that drive an employee to work and let stay in the company
• Human Resource and Management process – the mandated rules and
standard procedure for the companies to implement
• Job Satisfaction – the criteria in which the employees feel satisfied or
dissatisfied on their current work situation
• Line of Business (LOB) – the type of business or industry that a group
specializes in or focus their job on
• Resource – fundamental entity or source of the organization’s success
• Retention – act or strategy when the organization can make their
employees stay in a company for years
• Sustainability – the ability to sustain people at a certain rate or level
through strengthening their support and commitment to the company.
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CHAPTER 2
THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The research will have an in-depth discussion on how retention is
important to the companies, and that employee sustainability is a vital component
to achieve this. This chapter will present a review of related literature to
synthesize the study.
2.1 Review of Related Literature
2.1.1 Demographic Profile
2.1.1.1 Age
The impact of population ageing depends on their labor market
participation, and the challenge will be for governments and employers to
encourage older people to remain in the workforce much longer than in the past in
order to reduce public cost of welfare support through pensions (Marshall &
Mueller, 2002 cited in Shaw et al., 2017). The BPO industry mostly has X and Y
generation in their workforce, which is evident as this industry mostly inclined
with evolving and changing technology. Older workers tend to be resistant to
change especially when new technology is implemented (Mello, 2019).
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2.1.1.2 Gender
BPO companies have a minimal concern about the gender preferences on
their workforce. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on
sex, to provide protection to those who have been discriminated both gender
identity and sexual orientation.
2.1.1.3 Tenureship
Job tenure can determine to the quality of the employee. Tenured people
in their job means stability and focus of an individual on their craft. Sometimes,
job tenure gives a definite insight into an employee according to an article from
mbaskool.com.
2.1.1.4 Income/Salary
Pay motivates employees in the job they seek, and this area of discussion
is usually discussed initially before engaging to work; however, pay inequality is
common in most workplaces (Cullen & Perez-Truglia, 2018). One way to attract
top talents is by offering competitive and flexible pay rate, which can motivate
staff to give their full potential and focus on their current job rather than to look
for sideline to make ends meet (Ladimeji. K., 2015).
2.1.2 Retention
Either voluntary or involuntarily, employees leaving the organization
causes disruption in operations, work team dynamics, and unit performance
(Mello, 2019). Low efficiency of company due to high probability of employees
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to leave causes refusal by factories to invest in training workers (Ahmad, 2018).
Having a strong retention strategy is a powerful recruitment tool, which is
systematically combined effort of the employees to create an environment
consisting of policies and practices addressing employee’s concern and needs
which helps to encourage current employees to stay in the company. Retention of
key employees is critical to the long-term health and success of any organization
(Das, 2017). According to Mathimaran & Kumar (2017), the organization must
give proper remuneration to the employees to retain them in the company for a
long time. Moreover, management needs to address in resolving about stress
because it plays a vital role to make employees stay since employees feel the
burden of work overload; and may cause them to look for an easier job that can
compensate them equally to their efforts done.
Chordiya (2013) classified retention strategies into two categories,
monetary and non-monetary; this includes job rotation, salary increase,
recognition of achievements, performance, and rewards incentives, exit
interviews, and more. Frustration and misunderstanding with supervisor and other
team members can cause for employees to leave the organization. On the
contrary, having some encouragement, safety environment and infrastructure,
potential talent, competitive compensation, and job involvement are some factors
to consider in retaining workers.
In a study by Castro & Deluna Jr. (2013), results revealed that 86% agreed
to have plans of working in different jobs and 14% plans to shift to a different
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field. The following were the major reasons for them leaving or transferring: they
want to practice their profession (30.54%), graveyard shift resulting in irregular
sleep (20.54%), working in a call center is an unstable job (18.38%); and
computer syndrome (14.32%) was also in their list to search for a new job, health
related reasons (9.46%), stressful work (3.24%), wanting to work abroad (2.43%)
and the desire to have their own business (1.08%) affects their stay.
Career is a predominant cause and primary concern of employees to stay
in the company and not look for other jobs. Having adequate career growth
opportunities, better and progressive career will make them stay in the
organization. Some issues encountered by the employees in their job is they see it
as boring and monotonous because there are not enough learning opportunities in
the organization and seem to be stagnant. Because of this dilemma, they are
tempted to leave to work in a job that is mentally stimulating and is more aligned
with their interests (Ahmad & Azumah, 2012).
In a study, Kumar & Kaushik (2013) determined common reasons
employees leave: the night shifts, money, inability to handle various types of
stress, monotonous work; company policies, lack of career growth, problems with
those in senior positions, and more. Thus, to keep employees and satisfaction
high, the three factors of employee retention - respect, recognition, and rewards
should be present. Respect is the foundation of keeping employees and the
esteem, special regard, or consideration given to people. With no respect,
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recognition and rewards will be affected. Recognition is defined as “special notice
or attention” and “the act of perceiving clearly.” (Mathimaran & Kumar, 2017).
One factor of employee retention is being committed to their job and
company. According to Colquitt, et al. (2019), organizational commitment defines
as the desire of the employee to be part of the organization that can influence their
decision to stay or leave the company. Hence, those employees who are not
committed engages to a set of action performance that may result in quitting or
known as ‘withdrawal behavior’. Commitment is divided into three types, causing
the employees to stay: affective, continuance and normative commitment.
Affective commitment is driven between the emotional attachment built between
the employees, whereas, continuance commitment is affected by salary and
benefits; and lastly, normative commitment is the company’s investment to their
employees through engagement of the organization in charitable efforts.
Emotional attachment to an organization and belief in its values is the
“gold standard” for employee commitment. Employees who are committed will
be less likely to engage in work withdrawal even if they are dissatisfied because
they have a sense of organizational loyalty or attachment (Robbins & Judge,
2018).
2.1.3 Employee Sustainability
There are many factors to consider in employee sustainability in a
workplace. One of which is the ability of the company or the industry to provide
job security to its employees in terms of the employment contact, collective
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bargaining agreement or labor legislation that prevents arbitrary termination
(Dayton, 2019). As a study by Kumar & Kavitha (2019) revealed, that the average
tenure years of call center worker is approximately 1.5 years, as employees find
lack of career growth in the industry afterwards. Workforce is the backbone of the
BPO industry thus the companies should take care of their employees; however,
attrition rate keeps increasing resulting in additional costs for the organization in
terms of recruitment, trainings, orientations, and more. High attrition rate affects
the overall productivity of the business. The following factors were identified to
be the reason for attrition in an article published by mbaskool.com last May 16
2020: low perceived value and monotonous work, high salary expectation and
unusual working hours, disillusioned employees, stress and burnout, the pressure
to perform on metrics, and lack of motivation and lack of security and social
interaction.
A study conducted by Bhargav & Mehra (2018) determined the following
factors causing employee attrition, reviewed by relevant literature classified into
different groups: compensation factor, organizational culture, managerial factor,
parental and family mobility factor, personality factor and lateral poaching of
qualified and skilled employees. Outsourcing people as a third-party service
provider is the idea of the job and without the employees, the business will be
useless. As defined by Rezaee, et al. (2019), constantly gaining attention from
investors, regulators and other businesses is called business sustainability. The
Philippines has been in an open economic policy since the 1960s, which shows a
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remarkable result in foreign investments. The Code of Business Conduct and
Ethics is also followed within the country, with the intention to aid businesses in
developing and maintaining standard corporate culture with business ethics.
According to Malhotra & Gautam (2016), it is identified that odd working
hours especially nights shifts, disruption in social and family life, lack of growth
opportunities, monotonous nature of job, work-related stress, low perceived value
of the job, uncongenial work culture, health issues arising out of employment in
BPO jobs are the common factors that triggers attrition. Furthermore,
organizational culture enhances internal communication, clear vision of
organizational policies and objectives, fairness of performance and appraisal
inline with the performance standards, recognition, and job security.
BPO sector suffers high turnover rate resulting in higher cost in terms of
recruitment and training expense. Shortages and losing skilled labor constrain in
training workers into higher value-added activities (Errighi, Khatiwada &
Bodwell, 2016). In 2009, the average yearly industry turnover reached 38% but
decreased to 19% in 2015. Despite the decrease with the rate, empirical evidences
exhibit significant variation in the turnover, according to IBPAP. However, there
is a difference between the employee turnover and employee attrition. Whereas
employee turnover is when an employee is being replaced by another worker that
is often resulted by the attrition, which is when the employee either voluntarily or
involuntarily leave their job.
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In a study conducted by Nasir & Mahmood (2018), good career prospects
within an organization and the attitude of supervisor are important to retain
employees for a longer duration. Employee loyalty comes when they are fully
satisfied with their employer. Different measures should be taken to make
communication and relationship between employees and supervisors transparent
and comfortable. On the other hand, in a study conducted by Manzoor (2012), one
factor to enhance the motivation of employees is through recognition and
empowerment. This internally satisfy the feeling of employees in terms of how
they are appreciated with their work output and how it boosts their morale as
members of the organization by letting them participant and provide opinion in
decision making. With such positive setting, they are driven to accomplish their
task with enthusiasm and thus increase their productivity.
According to Fox (2012) cited by Paul & Vincent (2018), there are
affecting factors to reduce turnover rate such as salary, flexible working hours,
recognition and rewards for excellent performance, growth opportunities, job
security, and more. Similarly, in a study conducted in the hospitality industry
revealed that the three most important aspects of employee retention are the good
quality management, pay and respect for work. Hence, in a study conducted by
Rao, et al (2016), they identified that lack of growth opportunities, salary, job
stress, job dissatisfaction are the predominant factors that force employees to
change their jobs.
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2.1.4 Motivation
Motivation is classified into two forces: intrinsic (internal) and extrinsic
(external). Intrinsic motivation refers to any psychological reward that can
achieve internal satisfaction like having a sense of challenge and achieving it,
receiving appreciation, positive recognition; and the opportunity to use own
ability to complete a task (Adeyemo, 2017). As discussed by Berlin & Adams
(2017), intrinsic motivation is perceived voluntarily that takes time and effort for
an individual to be motivated and pursue a goal. If the task itself do not motivate a
person, other external forces can be the reason to motivate, such as pay and other
tangible rewards and commonly known as extrinsic motivation. Personal growth
is essential in motivation because it assembles to personal accomplishment and
helps build moral and development as a person (Coquitt, 2019).
What motivates or demotivate people in a workplace is complex due to
mix of psychological factors, which are introversion/extroversion and self-esteem
and demographic (e.g. gender, ethnicity) characteristics (Punnett, 2019). One
aspect of being motivated is having a good working relationship with your
colleagues. This is mostly experienced in the BPO industry because of the diverse
culture it entails as two or more countries merge to work together. The collective
values, beliefs, and principles of the organization is called organizational culture
(Needle, 2010, cited by Sparkman, 2018). In a study conducted by Senevirathna
(2017), a strong superior-subordinate-relationship was more likely to engage
workers, encourage two-way communication, motivate them to raise productivity,
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which finally led to the building-up of a strong relationship with trust and
confidence, thus leading workers to stay committed and loyal to the business. In
addition, if supervisors lack competence, empathy, and trust in employees, they
will fail to command the respect of the subordinates (Goswami & Jha, 2012).
Also, building trust and respect between people who collaborate able to work
together with compassion and respect, they tend to be goal oriented considering
that they can have the same benefit result. It also engages people to feel that they
are being valued at work (Worline & Dutton, 2017).
Workforce especially in BPO is constantly changing and positions and
roles of employees are being affected by it; due to these changes, employees need
to be quick in adapting with little to no additional training. Tenured employees are
expected to provide feedback to the new employees to set expectations about the
company and requirements in the job. Feedback is also a great tool for motivation
as it can boost the confidence of workers professionally and build its competence
at work (De Janasz, et al., 2019). It is beneficial to learn mistakes because there
will always be room for improvements.
According to Ghandi (2010), as cited by Ayeremusah (2018), employee
motivation has been recognized to have some impact in reversing employee
turnover issues. In fact, the demotivation of a single important employee of an
organization can lead to low productivity. Hence, job challenge or the level of
how an employee continuously feel that they do not have a routinely job may
affect how they are being motivated due to a possible enriching their skills that
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will be beneficial to their growth. The employee’s feeling correlate to their
satisfaction because it is how they perceive their work if this is challenging,
interesting, respected, and skillful instead of making them uncomfortable due to
work being dull and monotonous (Coquitt, 2019). Equality of treatment on
employees with the same hierarchy in the organization with no authority builds a
relationship among co-workers. Thus, employees enjoy having a support system
with their colleagues resulting to high performing and industrious workforce and
finds their workplace to have friendly competition (Nwannebuife, 2017). It is
found that there is a positive significance on the interaction among the work
group and support of co-workers that can affect the job satisfaction of the
employees in the international service providers (Ducharme & Martin, 2000 as
cited in Tan, 2013).
Working condition or the working environment is one of the motivations
that an employee seeks in their company. For the workplace to act as an effective
enabler for the organization, it needs to foster a mix of services that fits what the
business needs to achieve and the settings that create the conditions for its people
as individuals and teams to achieve such. Physical place and virtual space
contribute to enable people to do their best work (Swann, 2018). Hence, a good
workplace should create a pleasant working experience for employees, with
adequate resources and flexibility at work (Senevirathna, 2017). Employees feel
motivated when they feel good going to work because of having a positive
working environment, and that they look forward to reporting for work each day
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(Msengeti & Obwogi, 2015); this is one of the good connotations that employees
love their current company since they feel excited going to work. As discussed by
Sparkman (2018), companies will often choose locations based strictly on that
location’s ability to help attract and retain top talent. These companies see a prime
location to build on their employer brand offering, to attract candidates that might
otherwise not be interested in working for that company. It needs a collaboration
between the business leaders and site-selection decision makers to think through
and develop location-based strategies that will accomplish the goal of attracting
and retaining such top talent.
Compensation program is a confidential part of management which makes
it difficult for employees to obtain accurate information on co-worker
compensation. These perceptions impact motivation, commitment, and
performance, and must be effectively managed. Although compensation is not the
only work-related outcome employees received, it is often the basis by which
employees conclude that they are being treated appropriately. Hence, employees
should feel that the pay differentials between their jobs are fair and based on the
work and company standards, given the corresponding difference in job
responsibilities (Mello, 2019).
2.1.5 Human Resource and Management Process
A study conducted by Wijesiri, et al. (2018), discovered that there is the
low impact of recruitment & selection, performance management, compensation
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& reward management, and training & development towards employee retention.
However, human resource technology is used for recruitment, onboarding, and
engaging employees to work flexibly, including physical and financial wellness
programs in the organization (Rohini, V. & Panneerselvam, S., 2019). As part of
management, it is expected to formulate ideas on how to retain their employees in
the long run as regards the company’s policies and its processes, followed by each
department. In a study by De Ocampo & Aguiling (2018), it is found that the
highest influence in retention is career development and training; for employees
to stay motivated is through career progression. Employees tend to look for other
jobs that can help provide better experience due to lack of training and
opportunity growth in their current job (Staff, 2019). Kolb (1984) as cited by
Shaw (2017) explains that having a consistent pattern of transaction in between
the individual and environment is a learning process through distinctive
differences. Furthermore, it differs from personality traits, which focuses on how
individuals deal with ideas and day-to-day situations. Thus, Kolb’s experiential
learning model states that due to generic qualities and environment demands, the
learning process is not the same for everybody.
Communication is important in the organization; policies should be shared
among employees within the organization to keep them informed; and they should
be allowed to voice out their thoughts and be open to make suggestions about
these policies and procedures implemented by the management. It aims to
encourage employees to speak up and express their views; thus, it helps ensure the
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loyalty of workforce in the organization while employing HRM practices
(Tangthong, 2014). Employee training and development is important because it
helps build loyalty, especially with new hires, who may possibly leave if they
have less sense of loyalty to their employer (Mello, 2019). According to
Kumudha & Harsha (2016), organizations need to reflect their beliefs and
principles to new human resource policies and strategies to maintain acceptable
relationship between the top management, middle management and front liners
that can reflect on their selection and recruitment, training and development and
performance management. Employee attitudes and behaviors, including
performance, reflect their perceptions and expectations, a favorable concern that
they gained from the organization.
The benefits of training apply to both the individual and the organization.
For the organization, it will retain skilled and experienced employees who will
meet the supervisory and management needs of the future; also, companies will
have higher levels of innovation and productivity and be able to be more resilient
and flexible in the changing environment. Whereas, for the individual, on-going
development enables them to develop a career path and progress within the
organization. (Shaw, et al. 2017). In the study of Terera and Ngirande (2014),
where even there is no significant relationship on rewards and job satisfaction, it
is significant to the employee retention at p=0.000 indicating that as long as the
employee is being rewarded, they will stay in the company; and that they are
receiving in return from the economic gains that the organization is getting. The
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result is supported by a study conducted by Mngomezulu, et al. (2015), which
presented that the highest factor to contribute employee retention is monetary
award at 30%.
One of the company policies that affect retention is the employees work
schedule. In the BPO industry, there is a possible chance to take morning shift,
mid shift or night shift depending on the account’s requested; sometimes the
employee may also take shifting work schedule. Employees tend to be more
satisfied if they can choose their workday. Having a flexible work schedule shows
that 79% are being satisfied with this arrangement as it promotes work life
balance compared to those who do not have flexible working schedule are 73%
satisfaction rate (Staff, 2019). Companies provide flexible working arrangement
to motivate employees by giving them options how and when they can work; this
could also be one way to help them decide when will they be most productive to
do their work (Soon, 2019). The purpose of engaging in flexible work
arrangement is to permit employees to work in there on terms; they get to decide
what time they will start and end their shift. It also promotes job satisfaction
among employees since they can manage their time on both work and non-work-
related actives (Johns & Saks, 2017). This is one of the advantages in working at
an outsourcing company especially when the employees do not want to join the
mob on regular days due to heavy traffic and hassle in the morning.
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2.1.6 Job Satisfaction
Job satisfaction is a positive feeling and attitude towards the job that
affects employee retention (Robbins & Judge, 2018). Increase in employee
productivity and performance are the results of job satisfaction. It also has an
impact to the quality of work and the commitment of employees to the
organization; thus, it reduces the turnover. The opportunities for career growth are
minimal. As a result, employees leave the organization to grab better
opportunities. The employees are also dissatisfied with the appraisal system
(Chaturvedi & Sangwan, 2016). According to Kumar & Kavitha (2019), working
in a call center has an average tenureship of approximately 1.5 years; this is the
reason most employees leave because they sense lack of career growth
opportunities in the industry by this time.
In an article by Root (2017), there are several methods to achieve
employee job satisfaction; these are identified as responsibility, dedication,
referrals, and growth. Employees feel more empowered when they are satisfied
with their jobs; and it will help them be more inclined at work resulting in less
absenteeism. The loyalty of the employee is attested when they are satisfied as
they emotionally invested with the success of the company. Lastly, employees
find satisfaction in their jobs when they observe a company growth through their
contribution and work output provided. Hence, it would relate to the individuals’
involvement with satisfaction resulting in employee engagement, which includes
the enthusiasm for work. Highly engaged employees have a passion for their work
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and feel a deep connection to their companies; disengaged employees have
essentially checked out, putting time but no energy or attention into their work
(Robbins & Judge, 2018)
Employee recognition and reward program helps to derive satisfaction
when working with companies who exhibits best practices and effective human
resource management (Dugguh & Ayaga, 2014). According to Sageer, et al.
(2012), job satisfaction is the employee’s view of work that can either be
favorable and unfavorable as impacted by the job design. On the other hand,
environment affects the motivation. Autonomy, task significance, feedback and
other jobs with positive behavioral elements contribute to the satisfaction.
Difficulty of task, quantity of work, responsibility, task identity and
empowerment are some factors to consider also.
Organizational commitment and productivity are related to job
satisfaction. Better compensation packages, fringe benefits, and job security are
some factors that the human resources should consider satisfying their workforce
to stay in the company. Having good working environment, good peer
relationship, supervisory and organizational support system can help retain their
employees within the organization (Slesh & Viswambharan, 2018).
A systematic and well-organized plan to achieve balance between the
career needs of an individual and organization workforce requirement is called
career development (Hassan, et al., 2013). One big investment of a company to
their workforce is through company trainings because they feel that the
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organization is interested to develop their career, as well as their individuality. In
this way, they feel important to the organization and thus helps increase employee
retention and decrease turnover (Hassan et al., 2013).
Work-life balance is essential to every individual. Being a workaholic
person is not a good practice; hence, one should once in a while take a break to
avoid stress and productivity may be affected; thus, a company with no work-life
balance practice will put away their employees interest to stay in the company.
Das (2015), defined work-life balance as an everyday achievement and enjoyment
in each of our four life quadrants: work, family, friends, and self.
One factor that can determine the satisfaction of the employee is through
the stress level that the employee receives from work and people around them.
Working in BPO can cause much stress due to simultaneous tasks given to the
agent and due to continuous technological changes, which may affect the process.
Work stress is caused by factors in the work environment during the week, and
nonwork (external) pressures that extends over into the workplace. This kind of
stress is classified into two: work demands and nonwork demands. Work demands
consist of the task, role, interpersonal and physical demands whereas, nonwork
demands are home and personal demands (Nelson & Quick, 2017).
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2.2 Theoretical Framework
The research is anchored by the following theory and model:
2.2.1 Herzberg’s Motivation Theory – Two Factory Theory
Figure 1. Herberg’s Two Factor Theory Model
Frederick Herzberg (1959) proposed a two-factor theory that categorized
job factors under two categories: hygiene factors and motivational factors. The
theory explains that these factors will result in either satisfaction or dissatisfaction
in a job. Hygiene factors or maintenance factors are those that pacifies the
employees to be satisfied at a certain period which involves pay, company
policies, fringe benefits, employee status, job security, physical working
environment, and interpersonal relations. On the other hand, motivational factors
are those satisfiers that help in motivating positive performance in the job which
involves recognition, growth and promotional opportunities, responsibility, sense
of achievement and meaningfulness of the work.
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2.2.2 Antecedent Mediation Model - AMM
Figure 2. Antecedent Mediation Model
Leite, Rodrigues and Albuquerque’s (2014) Antecedent Mediation Model
(AMM), states that the satisfaction with rewards and with the interpersonal
relations are the mediator between the relationship of the antecedents which are
the tension at work, variety of tasks, scope of work, previous realistic
expectations and creativity in job content and the organizational commitment.
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2.2.3 A Model of Facet Satisfaction – Affect Theory
Figure 3. Model of Determinants of Facet Satisfaction
Edwin A. Locke’s Affect Theory (1976) stated that satisfaction is
determined between the discrepancy of what a person wants in the job and what
has in the job. It is between how a person feels that he should receive versus what
he receives. Model shows that when there is an agreement between the person’s
perception of ‘what he receives’ and ‘what actually receives’, there is a
satisfaction; if there is lower level on outcome versus what he feels, there is
dissatisfaction; and if it exceeds the ‘what he feels’, there would be a feeling of
guilt, inequity or discomfort.
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Conceptual Framework
Figure 4. Proposed framework for employee retention by the researcher
DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Age, Gender, Civil Status, Tenureship, Level of Position, Type of Business,
Monthly Income
MOTIVATION
HUMAN RESOURCE AND MANAGEMENT
PROCESS
JOB SATISFACTION
Employee Retention in the BPO industry
INTRINSIC
MOTIVATION Personal Growth
Recognition Working Relationship
EXTRINSIC
MOTIVATION Compensation & Benefits
Co-workers Proximity
Working Condition
Company Policy
Employee Engagement Performance & Rewards Training & Development
Career Growth Job Security Stress Level
Work-life Balance
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The formulated conceptual framework is based on IPO process that
depicts the relationship among the independent variables, which are the
motivation, human resource and management process and job satisfaction (input);
the mediating independent variable, demographic profile, is also included in
framework to determine who are the respondents for the study as they are the
main instrument in getting primary data through survey; and the subfactors
relating to each variable (process) were presented, as these affect the retention
decision of the employees in the BPO industry (output). These variables were
selected based on the research literatures used in the study, and are the empirical
factors affecting the retention decision of the employees. Thus, these were aligned
based on the research by Dr. Nancy Kumari (2018) entitled, “Factors Influencing
the Retention of Employees in the IT Services Industry in Bengaluru” where the
questionnaire for the study was adapted. These subfactors helped to determine the
traits that the employees want in their job and company to make them stay.
Motivation is presented as an attribution on how a person able to accomplish tasks
thus, make it as a vital factor to retention as it promotes commitment to work.
Human resource management process represents how standard procedures of
companies can affect the work behavior and decision of employees based on the
mandated rules and actions to follow. Lastly, satisfaction represents how
employees are perceived on the aftermath results of their work in the BPO
industry if they will be happy or not.
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CHAPTER 3
THE RESEARCH METHODS
This chapter will thoroughly discuss the research design used in the study
and the data collection employed. Furthermore, the statistical tool and procedure
used will be explained.
Research Design
The research design used is descriptive correlational, which aims to
describe relationship among variables without establishing casual connection.
Descriptive research, also known as statistical research, describes data and
characteristics about the population or phenomenon being studied. The data
description is factual, accurate and systematic; the research cannot describe what
caused a situation (Azagan, 2013). It is a method that usually includes surveys,
case studies and observations, whereas, correlational assess the relationship
between variables; and when combined can provide a clearer and more reliable
results. The validity can be established further using the quantitative approach that
will give statistical methods to help analyze which will come from the survey
questionnaire to be distributed using stratified random sampling. It is best used to
the study to determine if the variables presented have a relationship to the
retention decision.
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Research Instruments/Data Measure
The researcher’s primary data was gathered using survey as quantitative
method to measure the significance of the variables presented to the retention
decision of the employee. Thus, review literatures and other resources related to
the topic were used as secondary data to support the study.
A. Questionnaire
A survey questionnaire was used for data gathering, which consists of the
profile of respondents and their perception on each question. It will be the basis of
the researcher to come up with the recommendations for employee retention. The
researcher adapted and used an existing research, which was essential to answer
the research questions. Below is the formula-driven by the quantitative research
design for the study and as presented in the conceptual framework whereas:
ER = f (IM + EM + HRMP + JS)
ER = Employee Retention
IM = Intrinsic Motivation
EM = Extrinsic Motivation
HRMP = Human Resource and Management Process
JS = Job Satisfaction
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B. Pilot Study
As for validation purposes, the researcher conducted a pilot survey
through stratified random sampling to 20 employees to determine the
acceptability rate of the questionnaire. The participants, who also have a
background profession in the outsourcing industry and are randomly
selected, were excluded from the respondents used in the study.
Cronbach’s alpha measured the data and with a good result of 0.878 as
shown in Table 3.
Cronbach's Alpha Cronbach's Alpha Based on
Standardized Items N of Items .878 .863 33
Table 1. Reliability Statistics
C. Documentary Analysis
Researcher used to gather related and pertinent data and information
through books, theses, dissertations, journals, and online articles, which
will be relevant to the study. Thus, it would align to the derived
conceptual framework.
Data Gathering Procedure
The researcher requested for approval to conduct a survey and asked
permission for respondents to sign a consent form confirming that all the answers
provided will strictly be considered confidential and only be used for study
purposes only. The researcher sought assistance of the BPO employees and
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managers to help gather data and information that will be needed in the study. The
researcher both used Google forms to cascade survey through online, and pen and
paper for manual answering which took a longer time to retrieve answers from.
After the survey was collected, the results were interpreted by the statistician
hired by the researcher.
Ethical Considerations
The researcher asked for approval from the Ethics Review Board (ERC) of
the UST Graduate School for permission to conduct a survey and interview,
which includes the involvement of humans that will be beneficial to the study.
Hence, the confidentiality of the respondents in the survey was guaranteed. Each
respondent was presented and asked to sign a consent prior answering the
questionnaire. To ensure the ethicality of the research, below were presented to
each respondent in the consent form and will be requested to sign for the:
Purpose and Conduct of the Study
The study aims to determine what makes the employees stay in the BPO
industry regarding their perspective affected by the following factors:
demographic, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, management processes, and job
satisfaction. The results of the study will be based on the interpretation from the
data gathered through survey cascaded among selected BPO employees in Makati
City, Quezon City, Pasig City, and Taguig City.
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Benefits for the Participants
The participants will have the chance to be offered new packages by the
management once they were able to implement new ways on how they can retain
their employees through the result of the study conducted.
Confidentiality of the Respondents
All information will be treated with confidentiality and anonymity. Thus,
it abides by the provisions of the Data Privacy Act of the Philippines. Moreover,
the results of the study may be published and/or presented with the privacy and
confidentiality of the respondents. All personal information included in the survey
will be disclosed only for the academic purposes.
Voluntariness of Participation
These questionnaires are given to the respondents who are willing to
participate in the study; thus, they have the right to decline in answering as well.
There will be no force action to partake in this study without the willingness of
the respondents. Once you have participated and decided to stop answering, you
do have the right to do so and will not be penalized. There will be a required
signatory in each survey to confirm that the participant agrees to this provision.
Responsibilities of the Participants
Upon agreement to be part of the research study, it is the responsibility of
the participants to provide correct and honest answers to support the result of the
study. Thus, their answers will be the basis of conclusion and recommendations
by the researcher at the end of data gathering and interpretation.
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Statistical Treatment of Data
Using SPSS, Cronbach Alpha was used to measure the reliability of the
survey which serves as the tool to measure in answering the research questions. It
revealed that the survey questionnaire to be used for the study reached 87.8% that
indicates the strength of its validity for the research. The data gathered will be
interpreted by the statistician using the Pearson Correlation Analysis, also known
as Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PMCC) and formulated by Karl
Pearson. It is a statistical tool to measure how strong the relationship between
variables as it is based on the method of covariance. The return value will be
between -1 and 1 whereas –1. A negative linear, 0. No relationship and +1. A
positive relationship.
Pearson r coefficient was used to determine the relationship between
retention decision and factors: intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, human resource
management process and job satisfaction. It was used since both the dependent
and independent variable are at least interval scale. The correlation is computed
as:
Spearman Rho
This method is used to understand the relationship of two variables. It was
used to determine the significant relationship of age, education, position,
tenureship and income to the employee retention. It was used since these
demographic variables are at ordinal scale only which are in Likhert scale. If p
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value is less than .05 shows there is significance and if more than 0.05, there is no
significance.
Point Biseral
Point biseral coefficient was used to determine the relationship between
the retention and gender and civil status. It was used since these demographic
variables are nominal but dichotomous. Point biseral is appropriate if one variable
is at least interval scale (retention decision) while the other is nominal
dichotomous (gender, civil status). It is correlation that measures the strength
association between the interval data and binary variable. Hence, Values
for point-biserial range from -1.00 to 1.00.
Chi Square Test
Chi Square was used to determine the relationship between retention and
work location and type of business. This test is appropriate if both variables are at
categorical data. Retention decision was converted to categorical (as likely to stay
and likely to leave). It is used to observe if the distribution of categorical variables
to see if they are related or differ from each other. Low value of chi-square means
high correlation.
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CHAPTER 4
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter discussed the analysis and interpretation of the data gathered
from the study and observations made by the researcher. Thus, it will also include
the significance of the study and answer the research problems which derived
based on the objectives set the researcher.
Presentation and Analysis of Data
4.1 Demographic Profile of the Respondents
Problem 1: What is the demographic profile of the respondents?
A total of 500 employees from Pasig City (65), Quezon City (150), Makati
City (179) and Taguig (106) were included in the study who are mostly from 26
to 30 years old (27.6%) while 27.2% are from 31 to 35 years old. Table 1 also
reveals that female percentage is slightly higher (58.4%), while majority of the
total employees are still single (64.4%), while 28.0% are already married. In
terms of educational attainment, 80.6% were able to finish their bachelor’s
degree, while 2.2% have M.A. degrees and 1.2% were able to finish their doctoral
degrees. Around 73.6% of the total employees are frontliners or rank and file,
while 3.8% are top level manager. In terms of tenureship, 31.6% are from 25 to
36 months, while mostly are 43 months or above (36.8%). Moreover, Table 1 also
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shows that the most common income bracket is from 20,001 to 30,000 a month
(35.2%) while only 6% earns 50,001 and above each month. Table 2 below is the
summary of the demographic profile of the respondents for the study:
DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Age Frequency % 1 Below to 20 years 1 0.2 2 21 to 25 years old 112 22.4 3 26 to 30 years old 138 27.6 4 31 to 35 years old 136 27.2 5 36 to 40 years old 57 11.4 6 41 years old and above 56 11.2 Gender Frequency % 1 Male 208 41.6 2 Female 292 58.4 Civil Status Frequency % 1 Single 322 64.4 2 Married 140 28 3 Separated 30 6 4 Widowed 4 0.8 5 Others 4 0.8 Educational Background Frequency % 1 Non-Graduate 38 7.6 2 High School Graduate 22 4.4 3 Bachelor's Degree 403 80.6 4 Master's Degree 11 2.2 5 Doctoral's Degree 6 1.2 6 Others 20 4 Working Location Frequency % 1 Pasig City 65 13 2 Quezon City 150 30 3 Makati City 179 35.8 4 Taguig City 106 21.2 Level of Position Frequency % 1 Front Liner / Rank and File 368 73.6 2 Middle Manager 113 22.6 3 Top Level Manager 19 3.8 Tenureship / Length of Service Frequency % 1 1 to 12 months 67 13.4 2 13 to 24 months 59 11.8 3 25 to 36 months 158 31.6 4 37 to 42 months 32 6.4 5 43 months and above 184 36.8
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Type of Business Frequency % 1 Front Liner 240 48 2 Back Office 260 52 Monthly Income Frequency % 1 20,000 and below 54 10.8 2 20,001 to 30,000 176 35.2 3 30,001 to 40,000 134 26.8 4 40,000 to 50,000 106 21.2 5 50,001 and above 30 6
Table 2. Demographic Profile of Respondents
Table 3 shows the total number of employment and the corresponding
needed number of respondents in each city, which was determined using Sloven
formula with 0.5 margin of error.
Total Employment* Respondents Makati City 106143 0.360013 180 Quezon City 87666 0.297343 149 Taguig City 62940 0.213478 106 Pasig City 38082 0.129166 65
TOTAL 294831 500 Table 3. 2018 Number of Establishments Engaged Call Center in NCR*
Source: PSA
4.2 Retention Decision and Demographic Profile
Table 10 shows that their position (r=.197), tenureship (r=.124) and
monthly income (r=.252) are affecting their retention decision. Specifically results
reveal that those who have higher position are the ones who are also likely to stay.
Additionally, those whose tenureship is longer and have higher monthly income
are also the ones who intends to stay in the company. Civil status is also a
significant factor to the retention decision of the employees. Furthermore, results
also reveal that employees working in the Pasig area are likely significant to stay
in their company, while the opposite for employees working in Taguig who are
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more likely to leave their current company. Table 3 below illustrates the results
for the demographic profile:
Retention Decision vs
Spearman r
p value Decision Conclusion
Age 0.037 0.4036 ACCEPT Not Significant Education -0.007 0.8819 ACCEPT Not Significant Position 0.197 0.0001 REJECT Significant Tenureship 0.124 0.0054 REJECT Significant Income 0.252 0.0001 REJECT Significant
Retention Decision vs
Point Biseral
p value Decision Conclusion
Gender 0.01 0.7643 ACCEPT Not Significant Civil Status -0.09 0.0362 REJECT Significant
Retention Decision vs
Chi Square Test
p value Decision Conclusion
Work Location 25.42 0.0001 REJECT Significant Type of Business 3.31 0.0688 ACCEPT Not Significant
Table 4. Summary result of significance of demographic profile to the retention decision
4.3 Correlation of Demographic Profile
Below is the summary result of the test run using the Pearson Correlation:
R1 I see myself still working in BPO for the next 1-3 years R2 I see myself still working in BPO for the next 4-6 years R3 I see myself still working in BPO for the next 7 years and above
R4 If there is another job opportunity in the future, I will still choose to stay in my current job
R5 I am willing to leave my current company if a better opportunity will come R6 Overall level of satisfaction
Correlations R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 AGE Pearson
Correlation .076 .051 -.030 -.024 -.035 .063
Sig. (2-tailed) .091 .259 .500 .596 .434 .160
N 500 500 500 500 500 500 *. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
Table 5. Correlation between Age and Retention Decision
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BPO companies do not normally discriminate job applicants based on their
age; they would rather focus on the skills and abilities to sustain in the job and the
resiliency to cope with the fast phase of processing transactions.
Correlations R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 GENDER Pearson
Correlation .105* -.138** .028 .069 .089* -.029
Sig. (2-tailed) .018 .002 .528 .123 .047 .520
N 500 500 500 500 500 500 *. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
Table 6. Correlation between Gender and Retention Decision
Gender is significantly related in staying in the job for at least 6 years and
still leave once an opportunity comes but it is not significant to the retention
decision of the employee (p=>.05). The possible reason for this is somehow
related to civil status which is significant to the retention decision. In early years
of working in the BPO industry, most may stay in the company longer due to their
obligation in sustaining their family, especially in the case of men being fathers.
Women may tend to stay longer too since they can also be patient and diligent
especially if they are also breadwinners.
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Correlations R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 CIVIL STATUS
Pearson Correlation
.171** .113* .044 -.025 -.074 .083
Sig. (2-tailed) .000 .011 .321 .574 .098 .062 N 500 500 500 500 500 500
*. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
Table 7. Correlation between Civil Status and Retention Decision
Study reveals that single employees are more willing to stay in the
company for 1-6 years as mostly are at their young age; they immediately find
comfort in their current job, thinking it is already the best option hence no
tendency to compare with other companies. Similarly discussed in the factor of
gender, those who do not have dependents have no additional expenses thus may
tend to stay in the company since all their earnings are only for their own
expenses. On the other hand, married people who are well-paid would stay longer
to continuously support their family; the idea of resigning and changing industries
is far-fetched since trying to find a “better” company to match the current
compensation may be tough. Single parents may ought to stay as they may be
more willing to work during the night; thus, be able to take care of their children
at daytime.
Correlations
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 EDUC ATTAIN
Pearson Correlation
-.136** -.048 .137**
.153**
-.226**
-.030
Sig. (2-tailed) .002 .287 .002 .001 .000 .500 N 500 500 500 500 500 500
*. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
Table 8. Correlation between Educational Attainment and Retention Decision
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Educational requirement is a case- to- case basis and often needed in
specialized jobs. However, most posts offered are skill-oriented and if an
applicant is knowledgeable and willing to learn more, the company will give
him/her a job opportunity. As shown on Table 2, 7.6% of the respondents were
non-graduates and 4.4% were high school graduates. Hence, educational
attainment is not relatively significant because the results reveal that
undergraduate degree holders may stay for at least 3 years but uncertain for the
next years and if better opportunities come, they may possibly leave the company.
This can be explained as their being newbies in the corporate industry, they opted
to enter the BPO industry to earn faster, as compared to the regular 8 to 5 jobs
which may not pay as much to fresh graduates due to no work experience.
Correlations
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 WORKING LOCATION
Pearson Correlation
.196** -.008 -.168** -.173** .104* -.019
Sig. (2-tailed) .000 .866 .000 .000 .020 .668 N 500 500 500 500 500 500
*. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
Table 9. Correlation between Working Location and Retention Decision
There are employees who are willing to stay in the company for 1-3 years
even with far proximity, congestion, and heavy traffic like Makati City; because
the location is the central business district where it is believed to provide bigger
opportunities due to the higher compensation rate thus people in the provinces
chase their luck working in Manila. Those who are already working in the
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company for 7 years and above may ought to stay for a longer time due to
tenureship and mastery for their job. They consider their current rank and position
attained during their residency, their relationship with their supervisors and
colleagues with sense of fulfillment; such is considered as a non-toxic
environment and they may consider it as motivation to travel going to work.
Another possible reason is that they are too afraid for competition in the industry
and think that companies may not accept them due to their age. Hence, there may
be the tendency to be too complacent to their current job, and they already
established job security. Passion is also another aspect; but they may still leave if
better opportunity comes. Table 10 below shows the top 4 hot spot locations in
NCR with the highest BPO employment rate.
Area Likely to Stay (>2 Yes) Likely to Leave
n % n % Makati City 43 36.4 136 35.6 Quezon City 31 26.3 119 31.2 Pasig City 30 25.4 35 9.2 Taguig City 14 11.9 92 24.1
Table 10. Crosstabulation for Chi Square with Significant Results
It reveals that workers from Makati City are likely to stay but also likely to
leave if better opportunity comes. Those who work in Taguig City is least to stay
for more than 2 years in service with 11.9% and those who work in Pasig is least
likely to leave with 9.2%.
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Correlations
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 LEVEL OF POSITION
Pearson Correlation
.077 .172** .211** .184** -.196** .143**
Sig. (2-tailed) .084 .000 .000 .000 .000 .001 N 500 500 500 500 500 500
*. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
Table 11. Correlation between Level of Position and Retention Decision
The higher the position, the higher the responsibility thus the higher the
compensation. As most would agree, compensation is the main reason why people
work. Being promoted have perks in terms of appraisal and benefits. Level of
position is significant (p=<.05) because once they are promoted, they also develop
a sense of fulfilment and commitment. Earning a reputation in the company,
handling bigger responsibilities, and managing people will help fill contentment
in their career gap; one that boosts the ego to perform better. Lastly, it will be
harder in the transition phase if an important asset in the company decides to
leave.
Correlations R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 TENURE SHIP
Pearson Correlation
.078 .103* .154** .062 .054 .034
Sig. (2-tailed) .082 .021 .001 .164 .227 .454
N 500 500 500 500 500 500 *. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
Table 12. Correlation between Tenureship and Retention Decision
Tenured employees will stay more in the company for 4 years and above
and not bother to look for another job to start as a newbie, once they already
established seniority at work. Tenureship is different with the level of position as
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some BPO employees are tenured but are not in the managerial level. Some
employees tend to stay as a front liner because moving up in position may add to
their stress; or they consider themselves as best fit with their current job post.
Being tenured is significant (p=<.05) because it means they already established
their position in the industry, they are comfortable in the whole process and that
leaving would it harder for their career as well. Building a strong foundation in
the industry builds a strong credibility and expertise, which makes the employees
the most reliable individuals.
Correlations
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 TYPE OF BUSINESS
Pearson Correlation
.145** -0.0304
-.143**
-.176** .145** .044
Sig. (2-tailed)
.001 .498 .001 .000 .001 .323
N 500 500 500 500 500 500 *. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
Table 13. Correlation between Type of Business and Retention Decision
Two types of BPO are front and back office. The results reveal that it does
not greatly significant affecting the retention decision of the employee (p=>0.05)
but it could determine staying or leaving primarily because of the nature of work.
Back office is more laid-back compared to the frontlines that requires much
preparation. Back office work is mostly routinary with desk job tasks like
emailing. Unlike in the frontline, who deals directly to customers, who may be
normally furious due to their raised complaints. One reason the type or line of
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business does not significantly affect the decision is because prior joining the
organization, the employee was already given a brief introduction about their job
nature and description; likewise, the expectations have been spelled out as
business dealings are systematically presented, unless there will be changes
during the operations.
Correlations
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 MONTHLY INCOME
Pearson Correlation
.122** .181** .246** .228** -.143**
.143**
Sig. (2-tailed)
.006 .000 .000 .000 .001 .001
N 500 500 500 500 500 500 *. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
Table 14. Correlation between Monthly Income and Retention Decision
Employees are willing to stay in the company regardless of years if they
are satisfied with their monthly income. However, if there are better job
opportunities, they would still leave the company. Nothing is more enticing than
better salary packages. If the company can fairly reciprocate the employee’s
hardwork and not provide less than expected, the employee will stay. This is what
all workplaces need to be competitive for since the initial reason people apply is
for the money, before building good relationships with supervisors and
colleagues; the compensation package would always attract employees. It is one
of the most significant factors (p=<.05) because it binds the employee to work
hard to be compensated better. Employees strive hard to be promoted and stay
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long in the company (level of position and tenureship) as companies increase the
basic pay or allowance once they reach a particular year of service.
Ho1. There is no significant relationship between the demographic profile of
the employees to the retention decision of the employees.
The null hypothesis is rejected since retention decision is significantly
correlated with demographic profile because the level of position is r=.197,
tenureship (r=.124), and monthly income (r=.252) also civil status and working
location are p=<0.05. One aspect that do not have significance to the decision is
the age; since the BPO industry is not particular with age as a factor, as long as
the employee is an asset to the business and can help generate profit using their
skills needed by the job. There were also about 11.2% acquired respondents who
are 41 years old and above.
4.4 Implication to the Retention Decision
Objective 1: To determine if there is an implication between the years of service
to the employee’s decision to stay or leave BPO industry.
Problem 2: Is there an implication between the years of service of employees to
their decision to stay or leave the BPO industry?
Table 16 reveals that 85.2% of the total employees intend to stay in the
next 1 to 3 years, while only 43.8% are seeing themselves in the same company in
the next 4 to 6 years. Moreover, in the next 7 years and above, only 19.6% are
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inclined to stay. However, employees are willing to leave their current company if
better opportunities come (87.6%).
Retention Decision n (Yes) % (Yes) I see myself still working in BPO for the next 1-3 years 426 85.2 I see myself still working in BPO for the next 4-6 years 219 43.8 I see myself still working in BPO for the next 7 years and above 98 19.6
If there is another job opportunity in the future, I will still choose to stay in my current job 136 27.2
I am willing to leave my current company if a better opportunity will come 438 87.6
Table 15. Summary result for Retention Decision
It shows that in over the years, there is a decreasing trend with those who
would stay in the company, as shown in Graph 11.
Figure 5. Employees to stay in given years
Contrarily, once an opportunity comes, 87.6% employees may still want to leave
their jobs if given a better deal by another company, as shown in Figure 7.
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Figure 6. Percentage of employee to stay or leave if an opportunity comes
Employees have their reasons why they stay and leave the organization,
which is affected by their perception of their current work situation, their sense of
satisfaction and their view of a better option they can possible transfer to.
4.5 Retention Variables
Objective 2: To determine the extent level on how the variables, affect the
retention decision of employees.
Problem 3: To what extent level of how the variables affect the retention decision
of the employees?
Below is the summary result of the average weighted mean of the
variables affecting the retention decision of the employees. Among the 4 variables
presented, intrinsic motivation has the highest effect of retention decision of the
employee with 3.44 mean average followed by extrinsic motivation at 3.37,
management processes at 3.31, and job satisfaction at 3.37 with the least effect.
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3.2 3.25 3.3 3.35 3.4 3.45
Intrinsic Motivation
Extrinsic Motivation
Management Process
Job Satisfaction
RETENTION VARIABLES
Figure 7. Summary AVM of retention variables
4.6 Correlation of Retention Variables
Objective 3: To determine the level of significance of each variable to the
retention decision of employees.
Problem 4: Are the following variables significant to the retention decision of
employees: intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, human resource
management process and job satisfaction?
In summary, despite of the different effects each variable may affect the
employee, it showed that all variables used for the study has all significant
relationship to their retention decision.
Retention Decision vs Pearson r Coefficient p value Decision Conclusion
Intrinsic Factor 0.251 0.0001 REJECT Significant
Extrinsic Factor 0.203 0.0001 REJECT Significant
HRM Process 0.245 0.0001 REJECT Significant
Job Satisfaction 0.206 0.0001 REJECT Significant Table 16. Correlation of retention decision to retention variables
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Table 21 shows that their retention decision to stay in their current
company is positively linearly correlated with their level of agreement that
intrinsic factors (r=.251), extrinsic factors (r=.203), management processes
(r=.245) and job satisfaction (r=.206) . This suggests that the more they agree that
intrinsic and extrinsic factors affect their decision to stay, the more they are
inclined to stay in their current company. Likewise, the more they agree that
HRM process affects their decision to stay, the likely they will stay in their
current company. Lastly, the higher is their job satisfaction, the more likely they
will choose to stay.
4.7 Retention Variables and its Subfactors
Each variable has subfactors determined based on their corresponding
questions from the survey. Table 17 below are the correlational of each variable
used and the total average of each subfactor followed by the summary list of the
weighted mean and standard deviation of its determinants. The following legend
is followed:
Range Motivation HRM Process Satisfaction
3.20 to 4.00 HM Highly Motivated
SA Strongly Agree
ES Extremely Satisfied
2.60 to 3.19 M Motivated A Agree S Satisfied
1.80 to 2.59 SM Slightly Motivated D Disagree DS Dissatisfied
1.00 to 1.79 NM Not Motivated SD Strongly Disagree NS Not Satisfied
Table 17: Legend for determinants
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INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
Objective 4: To determine the relationship between the intrinsic motivation and
its subfactors to the retention decision of the employees.
Problem 5: Is there a significant relationship between the retention decision of
the employees to the following intrinsic motivation subfactors: personal growth,
recognition; and working relationship?
Correlations
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6
INTRINSIC FACTOR
Pearson Correlation
.227** .175** .196** .088* -.188** .392**
Sig. (2-tailed) .000 .000 .000 .049 .000 .000
N 500 500 500 500 500 500 *. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
Table 18. Correlation between Intrinsic Motivation and Retention Decision
Intrinsic motivation has the highest impact that affects the retention
decision of the employee. They tend to feel satisfied and choose to stay in the
company once they feel motivated from within. It happens when an employee has
a good working relationship with their colleagues and when they feel the respect
from others. They also feel valued if they are considered part of the community as
they participate and share their thoughts during discussion, where open
communication helps build openness and teamwork with one another. Also, if
they feel that their supervisors are motivating and guiding them can help boost
their want to be part of the organization. Getting good feedback as well, shows
that even small tasks done by the employee is greatly appreciated.
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The subfactors for intrinsic motivation are classified as: personal growth,
that was determined based on questions #3 and #6; recognition based on questions
#1 and #5 and working relationship based on questions #2 and #4. The highest
among the three variables is recognition with average mean of 3.49, followed by
working relationship at 3.48 and lastly is personal growth at 3.36. All these
subfactors have strong agreeableness among respondents.
Table 19 shows an overall mean of 3.44, denoting a strong agreement that
they consider intrinsic factor as influencer to their decision to stay. All attributes
referring to intrinsic factor were strongly agreed by the employees, where the
highest mean of 3.52 is about their strong agreement that respect and fair
treatment received from managers and other employees is one of their
motivational factors to stay. Likewise, mean of 3.50 also implies a strong
agreement that they consider open communication policy being followed by the
organization as a motivation factor.
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Questions/Determinants Weighted Mean
Standard Deviation Description
1 Open Communication Policy is followed by the organization
3.50 0.58
HM
2 Organization focuses on Teamwork and to also to develop Leadership Skills in the employees
3.44 0.60
HM
3 Shorten Feedback Loop (i.e. Feedback for every small work done is provided by the supervisor)
3.41 0.63
HM
4 Respect and fair treatment received from managers and other employees
3.52 0.65
HM
5 Freedom of Employee's participation in management to provide their valuable thoughts and ideas
3.47 0.62
HM
6 Guidance and Motivation provided by the immediate supervisor
3.31 0.58
HM
Average 3.44 0.61 HM Table 19. Average Weighted Mean & Standard Deviation for Intrinsic Motivation
Among the intrinsic variables, recognition and working relationship are
closely related to affect the retention decision of employees based on the result.
Employees want to be respected and feel valued by their managers, at the same
time, experience equal treatment with everyone. Workforce in all the same levels
openly communicate; thus, business leaders and employees support each other’s
progress and achievement can help with their interpersonal characteristics to be
developed and engaged. Being recognized by the management through their hard
work and perseverance in the job boosts their motivation to perform their best;
this helps to develop effective collaboration and promote stronger bond promoting
teamwork among individuals, teams and departments to collaborate with one
another in achieving their goals. Team members feel happy and valued if their
opinion and ideas are entertained, their employee in participant is welcomed by
the management and colleagues. Being recognized is a motivation to pursue in
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their job because it shows that they are needed, and their skills will be useful to
reach their goal. Lastly, personal growth is also important part of the intrinsic
factor because it can help develop one’s self-esteem and be emotionally
committed to the job. Being guided and motivated by their supervisor while
provided with feedback about their output can help them strive to work harder
thus develop their competencies. Intrinsic motivation is about how a person can
be motivated within, it resulted in a behavior driven by an internal force to pursue
a goal that makes one feel a sense of fulfilment and satisfaction to one’s self and
does not require any reward in return.
Ho2. There is a significant relationship between the intrinsic motivation and
its subfactors to the retention decision of employees.
The null hypothesis is rejected since retention decision is significantly
correlated with intrinsic motivational factors because correlation is significant at
0.05 with level of agreement of r=0.251 and overall satisfaction rate of r=0.392.
Overall, the average mean for the intrinsic motivation reached a strong
agreeableness from the respondents with 3.44, the highest among 4 variables
discussed. Working relationship is the highest subfactor in which the employees
feel respected and have a fair treatment from their supervisors and colleagues.
Even with strong agreeableness, guidance and motivation provided by the
immediate supervisor has the influence in intrinsic motivation determinants.
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EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION Objective 5: To determine the relationship between the extrinsic motivation and
its subfactors to the retention decision of the employees.
Problem 6: Is there a significant relationship between the retention decision of
the employees to the following extrinsic motivation subfactors: compensation and
benefits, co-workers, proximity; and working condition.
Correlations R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 EXTRINSIC FACTORS
Pearson Correlation
.150** .131** .212** .050 -.170** .440**
Sig. (2-tailed) .001 .003 .000 .264 .000 .000
N 500 500 500 500 500 500 *. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
Table 20. Correlation between Extrinsic Motivation Factor and Retention Decision
Employees are motivated and satisfied through many external factors such
as having good relationship with co-workers aside from working relation; this
means building friendship among colleagues, as well as working in a healthy
environment can help sustain employees. Mostly, workers tend to stay because of
people around them and not due to the workload. It could have a psychological
effect, but it can lessen the burden of the job. However, pay will always be the
‘initial kicker’ for employees to stay in the company. They believe they need to
be paid according to their job productivity and not be underpaid nor overpaid; this
covers not only the basic pay, but the commission, benefits and other allowances
included. Lastly, the distance of the site also plays a vital role, i.e., if it has an
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easy access with transportation from the residence, it will be a bonus because it
could save additional expenses.
The subfactors for extrinsic motivation are classified as: compensation
and benefits which was determined based on questions #7, #9 and #11; co-
workers based on question #10; proximity based on question #12; and working
condition based on question #8. The highest subfactor is co-workers at 3.55
average mean followed by working condition at 3.43, third is compensation and
benefits at 3.39 and lastly proximity at 3.08.
With overall mean of 3.37 also denotes a strong agreement in extrinsic
factors as motivation to stay in the company (Table 21). Highest resulting mean of
3.55 implies a strong agreement that supervisors being approachable and
cooperative in nature is a motivational factor to stay. Likewise, mean of 3.52 also
suggests a strong agreement that performance appraisal system followed per
industry standard is also a factor that they consider. The transport facility
provided is only agreed to be one of the factors (3.08).
Questions Weighted Mean
Standard Deviation Description
7 Remuneration provided by the organization should be as per industry standards
3.38
0.60 HM
8 A good and healthy Working Environment for the employees 3.43 0.58 HM
9 Performance Appraisal System followed are per industry standards 3.52 0.63 HM
10 Supervisors are approachable and co-operative in nature 3.55 0.70 HM
11 Adequate leave and leave benefits are provided by the organization 3.28 0.62 HM
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12 Transport facility provided by the organization (may include accessibility going to work)
3.08 0.91
M
Average 3.37 0.70 HM Table 21. Average Weighted Mean & Standard Deviation for Extrinsic Motivational Factor
It is shown that among the extrinsic variables, co-workers have the highest
effect to the employee’s retention decision to stay longer in the company. The
result is similar with that of intrinsic motivation; apart from their working
relationship, having a co-worker who they can be friends and get along with
makes them stay, especially when they get attached and build friendships.
Likewise, having co-workers with no issues can help lighten the workload thus
keep the stress away. Likewise, having a healthy working environment motivates
the employees to stay because it is difficult to find a job where there are less
issues to deal with such as work, people, and management; it can be more
challenging in the BPO industry where diverse people are obligated to work
despite their differences. Employees will also stay when the company offers a
systematic appraisal system; management awards promotion after years of service
supported by performance-based output. Workers seek companies who give
competitive compensation package that matches their level of responsibility as no
one wants to be underpaid. Transport facility only have agreeableness among the
extrinsic favors because upon joining an organization, employees have a prior
knowledge on how they could travel from their residence to their homes. They
already have an idea if working far from their home is feasible in their day to day
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transport service. Since the study is about retention, even transportation and
accessibility have an impact; it does not give much significance on long run other
than what is listed on extrinsic motivators because it can be earlier decided before
signing a contract. Mostly, people will be practical to choose those companies
already near their area. Extrinsic motivations are influenced by external forces
that one can encounter and helps to drive one towards a goal or reward; the most
common tangible rewards are pay, medals, and trophies.
Ho3. There is a significant relationship between the extrinsic motivation and its
subfactors to the retention decision of employees.
The null hypothesis is rejected since retention decision is significantly
correlated with extrinsic motivational factors because correlation is significant at
0.05 with level of agreement of r=0.203 and overall employee satisfaction rate of
r=0.511. Overall, the average mean for the extrinsic motivation reached a strong
agreeableness from the respondents with 3.37 as the second most influential
variable. Co-workers is the highest subfactor in which employees tend to retain
with having a supervisor who is approachable and co-operative in nature; this is
the highest influence among the 27 determinants presented. However, the least is
the transport facility, which is the lowest determinant influence.
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HUMAN RESOURCE AND MANAGEMENT PROCESS
Objective 6: To determine the relationship between the human resource
management process and its subfactors to the retention decision of the employees.
Problem 7: Is there a significant relationship between the retention decision of
the employees to the following human resource management process subfactors:
company policy, employee engagement, performance and rewards; and training
and development?
Correlations R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROCESS
Pearson Correlation
.179** .153** .206** .111* -.206** .511**
Sig. (2-tailed)
.000 .001 .000 .013 .000 .000
N 500 500 500 500 500 500 *. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
Table 22. Correlation between Management Process and Retention Decision
In BPO, working schedule is one big factor why people choose to stay
since they have a choice on their work shift, they could attend to whether it is day,
mid, or night shift depending on their current needs and wants. Hence,
performance and rewards boost their motivation to work hard and stay. Training
and development are essential for this is how employees learn and improve; and
this would make them feel that the management is concerned with their
development in skills and knowledge. Some trainings and mentorship expenses
that are also shouldered by the company is a good indication that they are willing
to invest for their employees to excel and learn more beyond their current job
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post. Employee engagement is important as this is a great avenue to create
relationship among employees; thus, they can feel they are part of the community.
The subfactors for management process are classified as: company policy
which was determined based on questions #15 and #19; employee engagement
based on questions #17; performance and rewards based on questions #13 and
#14; and training and development based on questions #16 and #18. The highest
subfactor is training and development at 3.37, second is performance and rewards
at 3.33, third is company policy at 3.29 and lastly, employee engagement at 3.23.
Table 23 resulting mean of 3.31 reveals a strong agreement that the
management process is a factor that affects retention of the employees.
Specifically, the highest mean of 3.47 implies strong agreement that flexibility in
working hours is a factor. Likewise, resulting mean of 3.37 also denotes strong
agreement that they consider company’s focus on mentoring programs as one of
the factors to stay. On the other hand, fringe benefits such as use of telephone,
team outing, get together, family involvements just received a mean of 3.10,
which denotes an agreement only as they consider it as a factor to stay.
Questions Weighted Mean
Standard Deviation Description
13 Good performance is very recognized by the organization 3.38 0.65 SA
14 Organization has a good Rewards and Incentive System 3.27 0.71 SA
15 Flexibility in working hours is emphasized by the organization 3.47 0.75 SA
16 Focus more on Mentoring Programs for employees 3.37 0.77 SA
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17 Organization policies and culture creates a positive environment 3.23 0.64 SA
18 The organization provides adequate Training & Development programs for growth
3.36 0.68
SA
19 Fringe Benefits (e.g. use of telephone, team outing, get together, family involvements, etc.)
3.10 0.72
A
Average 3.31 0.71 SA Table 23. Average Weighted Mean & Standard Deviation for HRM Process
It is shown that among the management process variables, training and
development has the highest effect. On the contrary, a company policy
determinant, flexible working hours with the highest mean at 3.47, giving
employees the privilege to choose which shift they prefer. Companies also offer
fixed day off or alternate day off; schedules may change each week or month
depending on the nature of service of the account or business. To keep
consistently high performing employees, providing rewards and additional
incentive in excelling at their job help motivate employees to strive and work
harder, it would also help increase the company’s competitive edge by this type of
workforce. The quality of service provided by the employees is honed by the
trainings and mentorship provided by the company. On the other hand, policy
about fringe benefits has least mean since most BPO workers already used to
follow the no electronic devices in the floor area. Lastly, employee engagement
and the presence of management should be felt by employees; interesting
activities initiated by the company that can be work and/or non-work related can
entice the employees to join and be part of. In outsourcing business, cultural
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differences should be given attention as well because different races, age and
religion are put together to achieve a goal; understanding and respecting of each
diversity is one way to keep employees stay.
Ho4. There is a significant relationship between the human resource
management process and its subfactors to the retention decision of employees.
The null hypothesis is rejected since retention decision is significantly
correlated with management process because correlation is significant at 0.05
with level of agreement of r=0.245 and overall employee satisfaction rate of
r=0.511. Overall, the average mean for the management process reached a strong
agreeableness from the respondents with 3.31, third influential out of 4 variables
presented wherein the highest subfactor is training and development at 3.47.
Flexibility in working hours emphasized by the organization, under company
policy subfactor, is the highest determinant among management process, making
it top 6 out of 27 determinants. However, fringe benefits are the least influential
and only have agreeable level at 3.1 and landed as top 26 determinant.
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JOB SATISFACTION
Objective 7: To determine the relationship between the job satisfaction and its
subfactors to the retention decision of the employees.
Problem 8: Is there a significant relationship between the retention decision of
the employees to the following job satisfaction subfactors: career growth and
development, job security, stress level; and work life balance?
Correlations
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6
JOB SATISFACTION
Pearson Correlation
.187** .138** .194** .029 -.182** .480**
Sig. (2-tailed) .000 .002 .000 .514 .000 .000 N 500 500 500 500 500 500
*. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). Table 24. Correlation between Job Satisfaction and Retention Decision
Job satisfaction has various aspects, but the research will focus on these:
career growth and development, job security, stress reduction and work-life
balance. It is important that despite the high stress in the BPO industry,
employees can have their own personal life outside work. Having routinary task,
employers should think of ways how to reduce stress to keep work productivity.
Stress is very hard to cope with but once the employee reached the level where
they want to give up, they will decide to leave and that is the last thing any
company would like to happen. Lastly, despite the high attrition in this business,
job security is what each employee are seeking; assurance as well is sought
especially at this time of pandemic when many businesses closed down and even
the BPO adapt a work- from- home set up that those who decided to go back to
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their hometowns thus unable to work remotely are suffering from no- work- no-
pay scheme. Some were put into probationary and floating status until the
business resumes to normal.
The subfactors for job satisfaction are classified as: career growth and
development which is based on questions #20, 21, 23, 24 & 25; job security based
on question #22; stress based on question #26; and work-life balance based on
question #27. The highest subfactor based on the total average mean is work-life
balance at 3.46, followed by career growth and development at 3.39, next is job
security at 3.36 and lastly, stress level at 3.23.
Table 25 reveals that opportunities for career growth, promotion and
promoting work-life balance (3.46) are all tied as the number 1 factor of their job
satisfaction. Thus, stress reduction and opportunities for new assignment both
indicates an agreement among employees.
Questions Weighted Mean
Standard Deviation Description
20 Opportunities for Career Growth provided by the organization 3.46 0.68 ES
21 Opportunities resulting Promotion are available in the organization 3.46
0.70 ES
22 A sense of Job Security should be experienced by the employees 3.36 0.70 ES
23 Additional training is provided for different domain jobs/task 3.35 0.74 ES
24 Opportunities for new assignments provided by the organization
3.23 0.57
S
25 Opportunities available to develop new skills 3.43 0.61 ES
26 Promote Work-life balance in the organization 3.46 0.78 ES
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27 Stress reduction programs like yoga, meditation, health care etc. conducted by the organization
3.23
0.96 S
Average 3.37 0.73 ES Table 25. Average weighted mean & standard deviation for job satisfaction subfactor determinants
It is shown that among the job satisfaction variables, work-life have the
highest effect to the retention decision. According to Marcelo (2018), to build
long term career in BPO, one should spend 4-5 years to gain in-depth knowledge
and end-to-end operations with a medium-term goal. To surpass its longevity,
management should support the work-life balance and wellness of their employee.
However, stress level got the least probably because some organizations do not
engage in some leisure activities due to additional costing. Current programs
implemented might not be effective enough; management should formulate other
activities to reduce the stress. Moreover, most employees tend to choose
additional leaves to take some days off from work, as it might be effective for
employees to reboot their minds over stressful job handling irate clients, which is
inevitable in the BPO industry.
Ho5. There is a significant relationship between the job satisfaction and its
subfactors to the retention decision of employees.
The null hypothesis is rejected since retention decision is significantly
correlated with job satisfaction because correlation is significant at 0.05 with level
of agreement of r=0.206 and overall employee satisfaction rate at r=0.480.
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Overall, the average mean for the job satisfaction reached a strong agreeableness
from the respondents with 3.37, tied up with extrinsic motivation. Opportunities
for career growth provided by the organization is the highest determinant of job
satisfaction, making it top 7 out of 27 determinants, however, work-life balance is
still the highest subfactor with the average mean of 3.46 and the least subfactor is
stress level at 3.23, its determinant of stress reduction program conducted by the
organization ranked 25 out of 27 determinants.
4.8 Overall Retention Satisfaction
Table 26 resulting mean of 3.07 denotes that employees are satisfied
towards retention endeavors undertaken by their organization. Although satisfied
in general, there are 3.5% who claims to be not satisfied at all and 5% who are
dissatisfied.
Weighted Mean Description Retention Satisfaction 3.07 Satisfied
Table 26. Summary result for Overall Retention Satisfaction
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4.9 Variables subfactor determinants
Below is the summary of all determinants of each subfactor ranking from
the highest to lowest reason for employee retention. These are the criteria to
determine, which subfactor has the highest level of effect on retention decision.
Rank Determinant Subfactor Mean
1 Supervisors are approachable and co-operative in nature
Extrinsic Motivation 3.55
2 Performance Appraisal System followed are per industry standards
Extrinsic Motivation 3.52
3 Respect and fair treatment received from managers and other employees
Intrinsic Motivation 3.52
4 Open Communication Policy is followed by the organization
Intrinsic Motivation 3.5
5 Freedom of Employee's participation in management to provide their valuable thoughts and ideas
Intrinsic Motivation 3.47
6 Flexibility in working hours is emphasized by the organization
Management Process 3.47
7 Opportunities for Career Growth provided by the organization
Job Satisfaction 3.46
8 Opportunities resulting Promotion are available in the organization
Job Satisfaction 3.46
9 Promote Work-life balance in the organization Job Satisfaction 3.46
10 Organization focuses on Teamwork and to also to develop Leadership Skills in the employees
Intrinsic Motivation 3.44
11 A good and healthy Working Environment for the employees
Extrinsic Motivation 3.43
12 Opportunities available to develop new skills Job Satisfaction 3.43
13 Shorten Feedback Loop (i.e. Feedback for every small work done is provided by the supervisor)
Intrinsic Motivation 3.41
14 Remuneration provided by the organization should be as per industry standards
Extrinsic Motivation 3.38
15 Good performance is very recognized by the organization
Management Process 3.38
16 Focus more on Mentoring Programs for employees
Management Process 3.37
17 The organization provides adequate Training & Development programs for growth
Management Process 3.36
18 A sense of Job Security should be experienced by the employees
Job Satisfaction 3.36
19 Additional training is provided for different domain jobs/task
Job Satisfaction 3.35
20 Guidance and Motivation provided by the immediate supervisor
Intrinsic Motivation 3.31
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21 Adequate leave and leave benefits are provided by the organization
Extrinsic Motivation 3.28
22 Organization has a good Rewards and Incentive System
Management Process 3.27
23 Organization policies and culture creates a positive environment
Management Process 3.23
24 Opportunities for new assignments provided by the organization
Job Satisfaction 3.23
25 Stress reduction programs like yoga, meditation, health care etc. conducted by the organization
Job Satisfaction 3.23
26 Fringe Benefits (e.g. use of telephone, team outing, get together, family involvements, etc.)
Management Process 3.1
27 Transport facility provided by the organization (may include accessibility going to work)
Extrinsic Motivation 3.08
Table 27. Summary list of retention determinants
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CHAPTER 5
CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS,
AND DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
This chapter summarizes all the results and findings from the study
together with conclusions and answers from the problem rationale.
Recommendations are provided which can serve as possible solutions to the
problem in retention. Lastly, the researcher included directions, which can be
beneficial to the future researchers with the same topic or study.
Summary of Findings and Recommendations
Below are the results and recommendations based on findings:
Summary of Findings Recommendations
1
Among the demographic profile, only level of position, tenureship, civil status, working location and monthly income has significance to retention decision.
Provide retirement program to their employees as it gives security that after retirement, they will get benefits from their years of service and make them decide to stay. These could be in form of:
• Monetary retention incentive or bonus • Stocks or bonds from the company • Investment contribution • Salary deduction for retirement savings • Pension plan
Loyalty recognition should be given to those who worked in the company for at least 5 years.
2
Employees see an overall satisfaction through their level of position and monthly income which makes them stay in the company.
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Employees working in Makati has the highest percentage of people who are likely to stay (25.4%) and likely to leave (35.6%) if better opportunity comes. Employees from Pasig City are least likely to leave the company (9.2%).
Location can be a factor as it will incur transportation expenses for employees. Shuttle services can be provided to those living beyond 4km from the office. Work-at-home arrangement can be offered as long as criteria on their metric and productivity should be implemented. This can also be beneficial to parents who need to watch over their children while working.
4
Fringe benefits and transport facility are the determinants of subfactors.
5
Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, HRM processes and job satisfaction are all significant to the overall satisfaction of the employee.
Companies should offer something different from their competitors such as additional leave benefits. BPOs are strict in attendance and punctuality thus having additional leave in a year can attract them to stay, compared to the traditional 12-15 day off. Provide stress reliever facilities and amenities like playroom, gym, yoga hub, shower room, etc. that are accessible to employees are perks since not all companies can provide it. Insurance and HMO benefits that can be extended to its family members are important factors that employees are looking for their employers as it will show how company value the health of their employees. Scholarship assistance. It can be offered to those who are required to have certification in their job. In exchange, they will have a bond render service in the company
5
Motivation is the most influential among the variables discussed in the study; the top 5 determinants belong to intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.
6
There is a decreasing trend of employees who are seeing themselves working in the BPO industry as years go by.
7
Majority are willing to leave in the company (87.6%) if a better opportunity comes.
8
Having a supervisor who is approachable and co-operative in nature (extrinsic motivation) is the highest determinant in
Monthly coaching (immediate supervisor and agent) and skip level (manager and agent) should be implemented to the companies to sustain connection between top management and front liners, vice-versa. This could also
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employee retention. help boost the career and development of the employee. This could be done via staff 1:1, team huddle, staff survey and management meeting. “PEERformance review” will have a chance to provide evaluation through peer review to have a different perspective of the work performance of the employee compared to the traditional performance review.
9
Intrinsic motivation is the most influential variable with 3.44 overall mean, extrinsic and job satisfaction tied at 3.37 and least influential is management process at 3.31.
Bonuses and incentives program. Hitting and exceling the goal, a high score mark of C-SAT (customer satisfaction), AHT (average handling time) efficiency, high occupancy rate; these are some aspects to consider when the employee is able to manage thus should be given additional bonus as this could help increase their productivity and performance as well. Top performer hall of fame. The top performer for the quarter will be awarded a monetary incentive and a plaque for its excellence; and the top performer of the year will be sent to have training and/or seminar to the country of their client, all-expense paid by the company.
Table 28. Findings and recommendations
Conclusion
The primary reason why employees stay in their company is the
compensation; and if such is reasonable for the service they render. However, pay
do not sustain employees in some cases, if the employee tends to stay in the
company for long, their relationship among their colleagues and supervisors
greatly affect their retention decision. Most employees ought to choose to have a
better environment and colleagues to work with; and this makes them attached to
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their day- to- day work. It is in nature to relate stress at work, but it is better to
deal with knowing there is a good relationship with supervisors and co-workers.
Management also plays a vital role as the employees seek to feel being valued and
they know they are being a good asset in the company; lastly, employees need to
be satisfied with their job.
Directions for Future Research
Based on the discussions, it can serve as a pattern for future researchers
who would aim to explore other factors affecting the retention decision of
employees. However, it is not enclosed solely to BPO industry, this could be also
applicable to other types of industry. Future researches may also expand their
scope to conduct a study on different setting or based top companies with highest
rate of performance based on assets, branches, and more. Researchers will be
inspired to widen various recommendations in helping the management support
their assets to stay in the company.
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APPENDIX II
Business Processing Outsource Information and History
Business Processing Outsource (BPO) industry in the Philippines started
in the year 1992, and the first center was formed by Frank Holz under Accenture
group. In the year 1999, eTelecare was founded by Jim Franke and Derek Holley
and relatively known to be the first call center in the Philippines. By the year
2000, there was 0.075% accounted for the country’s GDP and increased to 2.4%
by 2005 when the Philippines also gained 3% of the global BPO market; thus, the
economy improved by 5.4% in 2006. By 2010, 525,000 employees are working in
call centers, with $8.9 billion revenue generated. By 2013, revenue increased to
$15.5B, and 900,000 were employed, and by 2016, there were 1.3M projected
new jobs available with 17% annual growth, as stated in an article entitled, A
Brief Look at the Philippine BPO Industry in 2017, published in Diversify.com.
The industry is continuously growing until today, giving a huge percentage
increase in the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). According to Oxford
Business Group (OBG), the GDP continuously rising each year as many
companies are starting up their business in the Philippines. GDP in 2000 was at
0.075% and increased to 2.4% in 2005, 4.9% in 2011, 5.4% in 2012, and 6% in
2015. With the economic progress, there are employment opportunities being
opened due to needed additional labor as the business transaction increases. Graph
1 shows how BPO revenue increases each year from 2005 to 2014.
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In a study conducted by Deloitte in their Global Outsourcing survey in
2018, most companies engage in outsourcing due to its benefits: 34% stated
reducing the need for transition service agreements, 33% at accelerating the
integration of new organization and lowering the operating cost of the acquired
entity by 31%. Not only that, outsourcing enable the competitive advantage of the
company by changing the way the organization is operating making it more agile,
effective, and efficient. Majority also consider embracing disrupting outsourcing
such as cloud computing and Robotic Process Automatic (RPA), software
performing repetitive rules-based commands for better quality and accuracy in
process outcome. In 2016, also from Deloitte Global Outsource survey, discussed
that most companies outsource for transformational change to improve business
results aside from being a cost cutting tool, enabling their core business functions,
and solving capacity issues.
As defined by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), published in
ASEAN Briefing, business process outsourcing is a delegation of service-type
business processes to a third-party service provider. According to the Business
World, the BPO industry in the Philippines as of 2016 has a total number of
575,600 employees; 7 of every eight BPO employees work in a call center;
191,154 works in graveyard shift; five of eight workers are within the age range
of 15 to 30 years old. In an article written by David (2019) published in
doingthebusinessinthephilippines.com, job demand will be doubled by 2022 in the
field of IT-BPO and Global Industry Classification (GIC) reaching an
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approximately $250 billion US dollars. Thus, the industry will require additional
1.3 million direct employees, which can add to the increase of GDP by almost
17% if the expected demand will be achieved; this will make BPO industry in the
Philippines as the second largest source of foreign exchange.
The Roadmap 2022 formed by Information Technology and Business
Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) ensures the continuously
expansion of market share while increasing the complexity and value of IT-BPO
capabilities in the Philippines and it also helps to provide millions of direct job
accelerating to the growth of local IT-BPO. The revenue is also expected to hit
by $40 billion and grow 7.6 million of both direct and indirect job deployed
500,000 jobs outside the NCR, according to the IT-BPM Roadmap 2022.
BPO consists of different fields such as IT, sales, customer relations, and
technical services, etc. that could be categorized as either front office customer
services or back-office functions. An analysis from Magellan Solutions, an ISO
27001:2013 certified outsourcing company with leading inbound call center and
BPO solutions provider, revealed that the Philippines had been part of the global
outsourcing industry covering about 10% to 15% global market share. However,
an article published by Rappler last September 2017, expects that there will be
slow growth in the industry by 9% until 2022 and attested by the President and
CEO of IBAP, Rey Untal. The year 2015 is the country’s best year in BPO, but
despite of this situation, there is a 3.15% labor turnover rate last October 31,
2018, according to the survey of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
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Figure 1 shows different fields in outsourcing which is divided into
information and communication sector and administrative and support services
activities.
2009 PSIC Industry Description BPM under Information and Communication Sector J58200* Sotftware Publishing J62011* Game design and development J62019* Other computer programming activities J62020* Computer consultancy and computer facilities management activities J62090* Other information technology and computer services activities J63111* Data processing J63112* Website hosting services J63113* Application hosting services J63120* Web portals J58190* Other publishing activities J59111* Pre & main production of traditional & 2D animation J59112* Pre & main production of 3D animation J59121* Postproduction of traditional & 2D animation J59122* Postproduction of 3D animation BPM under Administrative and Support Service Activities N78103 On-line employment placement agencies N82211 Customer relationship management activities N82212 Sales and marketing (including telemarketing) activities N82219 Other call center activities (voice), n.e.c N82221 Finance and accounting activities N82222 Human resource and and training activities N82223 Administrative support activities N82224 Document processes activities N82225 Payroll maintenance and other transaction processing activities N82226 Medical Transcription activities N82227 Legal services activities N82228 Supply chain management activities N82229 Other back office operations activities, n.e.c N82291 Engineering outsourcing activities N82292 Product development activities N82293 Publishing outsourcing activities N82294 Research and analysis activities N82295 Intellectual property research and documentation activities N82296 Security outsourcing activities N82299 Other non-voice related activities, n.e.c
*Industries which are both core ICT Industries and BPM+-
Figure 1. List of BPM Industries in the Philippines, 2009 Source: PSA
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APPENDIX III Request data from PSA
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APPENDIX IV Number of Establishments Engaged Call Center Activities by City |
Municipality in the National Capital Region: 2018LE
5-Digit PSIC Number of Establishments
Total Employment
National Capital Region (NCR) 872 399,983
FIRST DISTRICT, City of Manila 48 7,033
City of Manila 48 7,033 N82211 - Customer relationship management
activities 4 2,615
N82212 - Sales and marketing (including telemarketing) activities
10 2,583
N82219 - Other call centers activities (voice), n.e.c. 1 3
N82221 - Finance and accounting activities 1 265
N82222 - Human resources and training activities 6 1,138
N82223 - Administrative support activities 11 326
N82224 - Document processes activities 11 47
N82225 - Payroll maintenance and other transaction processing activities 1 8
N82226 - Medical transcription activities 2 18
N82229 - Other back office operations activities, n.e.c 1 30
SECOND DISTRICT 369 165,158
Mandaluyong City 61 37,882 N82211 - Customer relationship management
activities 16 15,679
N82212 - Sales and marketing (including telemarketing) activities 22 15,178
N82219 - Other call centers activities (voice), n.e.c. 9 6,290
N82221 - Finance and accounting activities 1 325
N82223 - Administrative support activities 9 291
N82225 - Payroll maintenance and other transaction processing activities 1 4
N82226 - Medical transcription activities 3 115
Marikina City 3 1,119 N82211 - Customer relationship management
activities 1 1,079
N82212 - Sales and marketing (including telemarketing) activities
1 33
N82221 - Finance and accounting activities 1 7
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Pasig City 138 38,082 N82211 - Customer relationship management
activities 81 26,559
N82212 - Sales and marketing (including telemarketing) activities 19 8,069
N82219 - Other call centers activities (voice), n.e.c. 10 801
N82221 - Finance and accounting activities 5 130
N82222 - Human resources and training activities 2 40
N82223 - Administrative support activities 8 356
N82224 - Document processes activities 2 703
N82225 - Payroll maintenance and other transaction processing activities 1 443
N82226 - Medical transcription activities 6 777
N82229 - Other back office operations activities, n.e.c 4 204
Quezon City 146 87,866 N82211 - Customer relationship management
activities 55 60,334
N82212 - Sales and marketing (including telemarketing) activities 52 21,739
N82219 - Other call centers activities (voice), n.e.c. 4 244
N82221 - Finance and accounting activities 2 9
N82222 - Human resources and training activities 6 88
N82223 - Administrative support activities 10 619
N82224 - Document processes activities 9 30
N82225 - Payroll maintenance and other transaction processing activities 2 232
N82226 - Medical transcription activities 3 135
N82227 - Legal Service Activities 1 2
N82229 - Other back office operations activities, n.e.c 2 4,434
San Juan City 21 209 N82211 - Customer relationship management
activities 2 27
N82212 - Sales and marketing (including telemarketing) activities 1 12
N82219 - Other call centers activities (voice), n.e.c. 2 64
N82223 - Administrative support activities 15 105
N82224 - Document processes activities 1 1
THIRD DISTRICT 8 50
Caloocan City 3 15
N82212 - Sales and marketing (including telemarketing) activities 3 15
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Valenzuela City 5 35
N82212 - Sales and marketing (including telemarketing) activities
1 22
N82221 - Finance and accounting activities 1 6
N82223 - Administrative support activities 1 4
N82224 - Document processes activities 2 3
FOURTH DISTRICT 447 227,742
Las Piñas City 5 2,680 N82211 - Customer relationship management
activities 1 6
N82212 - Sales and marketing (including telemarketing) activities 3 2,669
N82219 - Other call centers activities (voice), n.e.c. 1 5
Makati City 241 106,143 N82211 - Customer relationship management
activities 101 81,881
N82212 - Sales and marketing (including telemarketing) activities 64 14,096
N82219 - Other call centers activities (voice), n.e.c. 30 3,655
N82221 - Finance and accounting activities 12 4,042
N82222 - Human resources and training activities 9 368
N82223 - Administrative support activities 4 93
N82224 - Document processes activities 4 338
N82225 - Payroll maintenance and other transaction processing activities 4 100
N82226 - Medical transcription activities 7 601
N82227 - Legal Service Activities 1 22
N82229 - Other back office operations activities, n.e.c 5 947
Muntinlupa City 81 30,986 N82211 - Customer relationship management
activities 45 21,293
N82212 - Sales and marketing (including telemarketing) activities 21 4,784
N82219 - Other call centers activities (voice), n.e.c. 9 4,869
N82221 - Finance and accounting activities 6 40
Parañaque City 11 4,362 N82211 - Customer relationship management
activities 6 4,247
N82212 - Sales and marketing (including telemarketing) activities 4 84
N82226 - Medical transcription activities 1 31
Pasay City 20 20,626
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N82211 - Customer relationship management activities
15 17,175
N82212 - Sales and marketing (including telemarketing) activities 5 3,451
Pateros 1 5 N82212 - Sales and marketing (including
telemarketing) activities 1 5
Taguig City 88 62,940 N82211 - Customer relationship management
activities 57 53,423
N82212 - Sales and marketing (including telemarketing) activities 11 2,013
N82219 - Other call centers activities (voice), n.e.c. 9 2,896
N82221 - Finance and accounting activities 4 3,165
N82222 - Human resources and training activities 1 12
N82223 - Administrative support activities 4 819
N82225 - Payroll maintenance and other transaction processing activities 1 187
N82229 - Other back office operations activities, n.e.c 1 425 Notes:
The updating of the List of Establishments (ULE) is a regular activity of the PSA. The updating activity could
be comprehensive or noncomprehensive. Comprehensive ULE is a nationwide undertaking which covers all
establishments in the country. It is conducted a year prior to the conduct of the Census of Philippine Business
and Industry (CPBI) to come up with an updated and reliable frame for the sample census.
Noncomprehensive ULE, on the other hand, covers only selected areas, usually those with special concerns or
growth areas, conduct of which depends mainly on the availability of resources or as needed. The updating
is usually supplemented by information from available lists from other sources and establishment's reports
on other surveys undertaken by the PSA.
Source of Data:
The data is based on the result of Comprehensive 2018 Updating of the List of Establishments (ULE)
conducted in 2018.
Industrial Classified Data:
2009 Philippine Standard Industrial Classification (PSIC)
Source:
2018 List of Establishments
PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY
Census and Technical Coordination Office-National Censuses Service
Service and industry Census Division
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APPENDIX V Request permission to use and adapt questionnaire
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APPENDIX VI Request Permission to Conduct Survey
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APPENDIX VII Consent Form for the Respondents
UNIVERSITY OF STO. TOMAS GRADUATE SCHOOL S.Y. 2019-2020
SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE Good day!
I am Jimielle Jean M. Legaspi, a Master in Business Administration (MBA) candidate and currently enrolled in my Thesis Writing at the University of Sto. Thomas. I am inviting you to participate in my research survey entitled, “RETENTION SCHEME: THE EFFECTS OF INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION, MANAGEMENT PROCESS AND JOB SATISFACTION TO THE RETENTION DECISION OF BPO EMPLOYEES”. This study serves as a partial requirement for the completion of an MBA at the Graduate School at the University of Sto. Thomas. I am humbly asking for your permission to participate and consider answering this survey questionnaire that will only require a few minutes of your time. Your participation is highly appreciated and guarantees that your response will only be used for academic purposes.
Purpose and Conduct of the Study The study aims to determine the what makes BPO employees stay in the company based on by the following factors that may affect their retention decision: intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, management process and job satisfaction. The results of the study will be based on the interpretation from the data gathered through survey cascaded among selected BPO employees in Makati City, Quezon City, Pasig City, and Taguig City. Confidentiality All information will be treated with confidentiality and anonymity. Thus, it abides by the provisions of the Data Privacy Act of the Philippines. Moreover, the results of the study may be published and/or presented with the privacy and confidentiality of the respondents. Voluntariness of Participation These questionnaires are given to the respondents who are willing to participate in the study; thus, they have the right to decline in answering as well. Once you have participated and decided to stop answering, you do have the right to do so and will not be penalized. Contact Person In case there is any clarification, questions, comments, and suggestions about the research, you may contact the researcher, Jimielle Jean Legaspi at 09089310640/09564924824 or [email protected] ___________________________ Name and signature / Date
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APPENDIX VIII Survey Questionnaire
Name: ______________________________ Affiliation: ___________________________ Position: ____________________________
I. Demographic Profile
Age: ( ) 20 and below ( ) 21 to 25 years old ( ) 26 to 30 years old ( ) 31 to 35 years old ( ) 36 to 40 years old ( ) 41 years and above Gender: ( ) Male ( ) Female Civil Status: ( ) Single ( ) Married ( ) Widowed ( ) Separated ( ) Others: _______________ Educational Attainment: ( ) Non-Graduate ( ) High school Graduate ( ) Bachelor’s Degree ( ) Doctoral’s Degree ( ) Other: ______________ Working location: ( ) Makati City ( ) Quezon City ( ) Pasig City ( ) Taguig City ( ) Others: _____________ Level of Position: ( ) Front liner / Rank and File ( ) Middle Manager ( ) Top Level Manager Tenureship /Length of Service: ( ) 1 to 12 months ( ) 13 to 24 months ( ) 25 to 36 months ( ) 37 to 42 months ( ) 43 months and above BPO Type of Business: ( ) Front Office ( ) Back Office ( ) Others: ____________ Monthly Income: ( ) P20,000 and below ( ) P20,001-P30,000 ( ) P30,001- P40,000 ( ) P40,001 and P50,000 ( ) P50,001 and others
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II. Retention Variables Please encircle and rate yourself honestly based on what you do given the statements below using the following scales:
4 – Strongly Agree 3 –Agree 2 –Disagree 1 – Strongly Disagree
ITEM RETENTION VARIABLES Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly
Disagree
INTRINSIC FACTOR
1 Open Communication Policy is followed by the organization
4 3 2 1
2
Organization focuses on teamwork and to also to develop Leadership Skills in the employees
4 3 2 1
3
Shorten Feedback Loop (i.e. Feedback for every small work done is provided by the supervisor)
4 3 2 1
4 Respect and fair treatment received from managers and other employees
4 3 2 1
5
Freedom of Employee's participation in management to provide their valuable thoughts and ideas
4 3 2 1
6 Guidance and Motivation provided by the immediate supervisor
4 3 2 1
EXTRINSIC FACTOR
7 Remuneration provided by the organization should be as per industry standards
4 3 2 1
8 A good and healthy Working Environment for the employees
4 3 2 1
9 Performance Appraisal System followed are per industry standards
4 3 2 1
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10 Supervisors are approachable and co-operative in nature
4 3 2 1
11 Adequate leave and leave benefits are provided by the organization
4 3 2 1
12
Transport facility provided by the organization (may include accessibility going to work)
4 3 2 1
HUMAN RESOURCE AND MANAGEMENT PROCESS
13 Good performance is very recognized by the organization
4 3 2 1
14 Organization has a good Rewards and Incentive system
4 3 2 1
15 Flexibility in working hours is emphasized by the organization
4 3 2 1
16 Focus more on Mentoring Programs for employees
4 3 2 1
17 Organization policies and culture creates a positive environment
4 3 2 1
18
The organization provides adequate Training & Development programs for growth
4 3 2 1
19
Fringe Benefits (e.g. use of telephone, team outing, get together, family involvements, etc.)
4 3 2 1
JOB SATISFACTION
20 Opportunities for Career Growth provided by the organization
4 3 2 1
21 Opportunities resulting Promotion are available in the organization
4 3 2 1
22 A sense of Job Security should be experienced by the employees
4 3 2 1
23 Additional training is provided for different 4 3 2 1
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domain jobs/task
24 Opportunities for new assignments provided by the organization
4 3 2 1
25 Opportunities available to develop new skills 4 3 2 1
26 Promote Work-life balance in the organization
4 3 2 1
27
Stress reduction programs like yoga, meditation, health care etc. conducted by the organization
4 3 2 1
III. Retention Decision RETENTION DECISION
28 I see myself still working in BPO for the next 1-3 years
YES NO
29 I see myself still working in BPO for the next 4-6 years
YES NO
30 I see myself still working in BPO for the next 7 years and above
YES NO
31 If there is another job opportunity in the future, I will still choose to stay in my current job
YES NO
32 I am willing to leave my current company if a better opportunity will come
YES NO
IV. Retention Satisfaction
RETENTION SATISFACTION
Extremely satisfied Satisfied Dissatisfied
Not satisfied
at all
33
Rate your satisfaction level towards retention endeavors undertaken by the organization
4 3 2 1
THANK YOU! “We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps.”
– Proverbs 16:9
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APPENDIX IX Ethics: Certificate of Attendance
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APPENDIX X ERC Certificate
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JIMIELLE JEAN M. LEGASPI 3 Saarland Village Brgy. Cupang Antipolo City, 1870 [email protected] 09089310640 / 09564924824 JOB OBJECTIVE
To obtain a position in the field of Business Management that would best benefit my qualifications and to be part of a progressive and dynamic company were my skills are constantly honed. SKILLS/APTITUDES
• Language Proficiency (English and Filipino) • Computer Literate (Microsoft Word/Excel/Power Point/Windows Movie Maker/
Adobe Photoshop) • Possesses excellent interpersonal and communication skills • Capable of multi-tasking and can work under pressure • Creative and has strong organizational abilities • Comfortable in a fast-paced deadline-oriented environment • Works well as a part of a team • Dependable and honest
PERSONAL INFORMATION Age: 25 Date of Birth: August 10, 1994 Nationality: Filipino Civil Status: Single Place of Birth: Manila Religion: Catholic Height: 5’3 Weight: 127 lbs. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 2011-2015 Tertiary Far Eastern University
Nicanor Reyes St. Claro M. Recto, Manila BSBA in Business Management
2007-2011 Secondary Saint Joseph Catholic School Molave St. Project 3, Quezon City
2001-2007 Primary Morning Dew Montessori Bo. Halang Marcos Highway, Cainta, Rizal
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WORKING EXPERIENCE 2015-present Processing Transaction II Concentrix Philippines Tera Tower, Bridgetowne, Quezon City 2015 Human Resource Intern
Training and Development National Grid Corporation of the Philippines Quezon City
2011 Intern, Government Intern Program International Corporation Desk Department of Transportation and Communication Columbia Tower, Ortigas, Mandaluyong City MEMBERSHIP AFFILIATION 2014 – 2015 President of FEU Management Society 2013 – 2014 Vice President of FEU Management Society 2011 – 2015 FEU Management Society Member 2013 – 2015 FEU JPMAP Member 2012 – 2013 Board of Director for Academics in FEU Management Society SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS ATTENDED Mar 6, 2015 Delegate, AIESEC Youth to
Government Forum Feb 16, 2015 Delegate, BMAP Students’ Summit 2015 Nov 28, 2015 Delegate, 7th Business Management Students’ Convention Jul 24-26, 2016 Delegate, 24th National Convention: A New Vision for
Management Education: A Response to the ASEAN 2015 Integration Nov 23-24,2014 Delegate, JPMAP’s National Convention: “Discovering Potentials:
Equipping and Preparing Future Globally Competitive Leaders” Aug 3-4, 2013 Delegate, Leadership Development Camp 2013
“Collaboration. Commitment. Competence.” Jul 28-29, 2012 Delegate, 1st Leadership Development Camp: “The REAL Challenge: Unleash
the Leader within You” HONORS/AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS July 2019 Rockstar Awardee and Unsung Hero April 2018 Top Sales Performer April 2015 Cum Laude, Far Eastern University July 24, 2014 1st Runner up in 24th COMEPP National Management Quiz Bee
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Feb 27, 2014 Champion in 24th COMEPP Regional and Intercollegiate Management Quiz Bee La Consolacion College, Manila
Nov 28, 2013 Civil Service Examination Professional (2nd Level) passer
2011 – 2012 Granted FEU Merit Scholarship 1st Semester CHARACTER REFERENCE Mr. Odelon Magbanua Senior Specialist, TDD National Grid Corporation of the Phil., Quezon City 09178009741 Jazzy Lad Mercado Team Leader, VAR Sales Commercial PH Concentrix Philippines 09399144326
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