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Customers Suffer From Employee Churn: High Turnover Makes It Harder to Provide Top Service

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No1_09ResearchLink_TurnoverServiceJH.pdf (453.64 KB)
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Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies, ILR School, Cornell University
Abstract

Key Findings: • As rates of voluntary turnover climb within key business units, customers are more likely to report bad customer service. • When new workers arrive, established workers have to take time away from customer service to train the new workers in procedures and company culture. • Work units with lots of new employees have more trouble managing turnover and receive the lowest customer service ratings. • Bigger may not be better—larger work units have particular difficulty managing turnover and receive lower customer service scores than smaller ones. • A tight, cohesive work group seems to suffer from turnover as much as a less-bonded group.

Date Issued
2009-11-01
Keywords
employee engagement
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turnover
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retention
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commitment
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performance management
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