Association of Employees Personal Demographic Variables with Respect to Intention to Stay in Information Technology Companies

MAYA. M

Volume : IV, Issue : IV, April - 2014

Association of Employees Personal Demographic Variables with Respect to Intention to Stay in Information Technology Companies

Maya. M

Abstract :

A contraction of the economy and decline in revenues affect the profitability and expansion of businesses. Without profits and expansion there will be limited employment and thus organizations are forced to downsize

their employees to survive. Unlike in the United States and Europe, the statistics on job losses resulting from the economic crisis in India are not known. But companies in India, during recession, have either frozen recruitment or laid off some of their less talented employees. The article primarily investigates the association between employees personal demographic variables such as Age, Gender, Education and Marital status affect their plans to stay with the organisation in information technology companies in Chennai city. Chi-square test was applied to analyse the association between variables

collected based on survey among 552 employees from five information technology companies ranked by NASSCOM. Educational qualification of employees showed a significant association with respect to plans to stay with the organisation.