Vol. 1, Issue 6, Part G (2015)

Abstract
Employee retention is a process in which the employees are encouraged to remain with the organization for life time or maximum period of time. It is a strategic tool for the success of the firm. Employee retention is a technique adopted by businesses to maintain an effective workforce and at the same time meet operational requirements. Employees are the greatest asset for an organization. Therefore, every organization must treat their employees as ends and not means to ends because they add value to the organization. The objective of the study was to measure the perception of employees for employee retention. For this purpose the investigator selected 70 employees working in government and private sector from Delhi region. Employee retention scale given by Walker (2001) was used. The collected data were processed by applying‘t’ test. The result of the study reveals that there was no significant difference among male and female employees for employee retention also there was no significant difference between the perception of government and private sector employees.