Effects on Employee Retention by the Supervisory Support: Role of Career Commitment as a Mediators in Banking Sector Context of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Pakistan

Abstract

The present study aims at analyzing the effect of supervisory support and career commitment on employ retention in banking context of Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan. For the analysis, primary data from 328 respondents was collected. The respondents were selected from 36 different organizations. One-way ANOVA, Correlation regression and Regression analysis was used to check output of the research study. Analysis of the collected data revealed that employee retention is positively affected by supervisory support and mediating role of career commitment. Moreover, social exchange theory has been used in the current study, and the theory has been found that it supports the current study. Findings of the current study may not be overgeneralized as the study is limited to banking sector. The study significantly contributes the role of career commitment in supervisory support in an organization to retain the valuable employees.