Factors Affecting Switching Job from Private University to Public University in Bangladesh

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the factors that affect prospective employees’ Switching intention form private university to Public University in Bangladesh. The paper also examines relationships among the influential factors and switching behavior. The data of the study have been taken total forty-eight (48) attributes into consideration in designing questionnaire for the study. A questionnaire survey method is used with 240 employees and response rate of 90 percent. Initially an exploratory factor analysis is directed using SPSS (version 21).The results indicated that nine factors where employee satisfaction, pay and promotion, job safety and security, Training and development, Employee empowerment, Future Benefits and Switching Behavior are considered as most influential factors and Job security and safety also influential factor for job performance and employee satisfaction. Comparatively Job performance and working condition have less impact on switching decision. Factors Future benefits pay and promotion and training and development have significant relationship with employee satisfaction except the Working condition issues and Switching behavior. The study deals with the focus on a geographic section of the Bangladeshi public and private university employees. This study sets the authority of Privet University and Government can use the findings to better understand, and satisfy the employee to keep in private university for smooth operation of Private University. Therefore, the findings of the study will help to develop the successful private university management policy and strategies.

Keywords: Switching Behavior, Employee Satisfaction, Job performance, Private University, Future benefits and job security.