Factors influencing high female employee attrition in the Sri Lankan Apparel Industry Employee turnover is defined by Yankeelov et al (2008, p.15) as ‘employees leaving the organization due to various reasons and the negative impact this can have on the organization’ Employee turnover includes voluntary and involuntary turnover and avoidable and unavoidable turnover. Voluntary turnover can be described as the employee leaving the organization on his or her own volition, whereas involuntary turnover is the forced exit of the employee from the organization due to various factors. These factors range from termination of employment due to disciplinary reasons, to downsizing of the organization, employee reaching the retirement age, etc. Avoidable turnover refers to employee attrition that can be prevented by the actions and strategies of the firm, whereas unavoidable turnover refers to employee attrition which cannot be thwarted by the actions and strategies of the firm. Analysis of ...
