Job Hopping and Employee Turnover in the Telecom Industry in the State of Tamil Nadu

This research titled “A Study of Job Hopping and Employee Turnover in the Telecom industry in State of Tamil Nadu” is an attempt to understand the problems from the perspective of the organization and its employees. It aims to identify the factors for job hopping in the Indian environment more specifically to the State of Tamil Nadu (India), in the telecom service industry. This phenomenon deserves an in-depth study to ascertain the elements that initiate, sustain and aggravate job hopping. The functional and dysfunctional aspects of the phenomena have also been probed and studied. This industry has been part of India’s growth story and continues to occupy the primary attention of job seekers and professionals for career advancement and hence was considered as a choice for undertaking the study. The State of Tamil Nadu (India) was identified to confine the study to a manageable boundary to ensure effectiveness, validity and reliability. The research efforts were directed to build up a body of primary knowledge based on inputs collected from the research participants and takes note of the internal and external factors that impact the decision of job hoppers