This study investigated the challenges militating against employee retention strategies in Federal Teaching Hospitals in Southwestern Nigeria. These were with a view to providing information on knowledge and measures toward the improvement of employee retention strategies in Federal Teaching Hospitals in Southwestern Nigeria. Using a descriptive survey design, primary and secondary data were collected from selected teaching hospitals in the southwest, Nigeria. The findings revealed that poor hospital funding, inadequate recruitment and poor organisational structure were the major bottlenecks to retention of employees in the study area. . It concluded that employees’ retention programmes had been affected by systemic problems such as poor funding, corruption and poor innovations. In view of this, the study recommended succession planning, infrastructural support, and improved staff engagement to strengthen retention strategies.
Authors
Ikechukwu Jacinta Enyioko
Department of Public Administration
Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria
Oluwaseyi Isaiah Alamu
Department of Public Administration
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
David Segun Oluwagbemi
College of Education
Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
