Relation between Knowledge Management and Turnover in Slovenian Micro and Small Start-Up Organisations

• Authors: Riko Novak , Vasja Roblek , Gabrijel Devetak
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article discusses the importance of knowledge management and employee turnover, using the example of selected Slovenian organisations, in particular, technology parks. The purpose of this article is to point out statistical characteristics between employee turnover and certain selected independent variables. The empirical research was conducted on a population of 667 Slovenian organisations gathered from the subjects of an innovative environment database, and a further sample of 51 chosen technology parks from the A group. By implementing multivariate regression analysis, we sought to examine whether knowledge requirements and knowledge transfer paths in these organisations have a statistically significant influence on employee turnover. The aim of this article is to present the results of empirical research that defines the development of a conceptual framework for understanding the influence of knowledge management on employee turnover. The results have shown that the importance of intellectual and social capital, intangible capital assets and their continuous measurement must be acknowledged within an organisation.

Keywords

EN

employee turnover; knowledge management; organisation; employees

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Organizacija
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 99-107

Dates

published

2013-05-01

online

2013-06-01

Contributors

author

Riko Novak

• Faculty of Commercial and Business Sciences Slovenia, Lava 7, 3000 Celje, Slovenia

author

Vasja Roblek

• University of Primorska, Faculty of Management, Cankarjeva 5, 6104 Koper, Slovenia

author

Gabrijel Devetak

• Faculty of Commercial and Business Sciences Slovenia, Lava 7, 3000 Celje, Slovenia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/orga-2013-0008