The influence of employment modes on employee turnover and agri-business performance: a case for Hunyani farm in the Zvimba district, Zimbabwe

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dc.contributor.authorSvotwa, Kudakwashe
dc.contributor.authorSvotwa, Ezekia
dc.contributor.authorRugube, Thandiwe
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-28T11:15:27Z
dc.date.available2021-06-28T11:15:27Z
dc.date.issued2019-12-31
dc.description.abstractThe labour intensive nature of Zimbabwean agriculture demands that farmers meet excessive labour requirements, at the same time keeping labour costs as low as possible to guarantee profits and achieve maximum business performance. This study, carried through a questionnaire survey, at the Hunyani Matura Farm, in the Zvimba district of Zimbabwe between from October 2017 to March 2018, investigated the effect of employment mode on turnover and agri-business performance. Data collected from the participants, was compared with the information from secondary source documents. From the results temporary workers performed better than permanent workers and they cited problems of low wages, poor working conditions, high work targets, inequality in work allocation, job insecurity and constant shuffling. Temporary workers had higher turnover and turnover intentions than permanent workers. Temporary employment mode had a positive effect on agri-business performance. This study recommends the use of permanent employment mode on key positions like forepersons, stores persons and supervisors, and temporary employment mode on general farm tasks, while seasonal contracts were seen good for skill demanding operations such as tobacco seedbed establishment, tobacco reaping and curing and grading. A ccareful selection of employment modes reduces inequalities and unhealthy attitudes at work and improves on farm business performance. JEL Classification: Q12en
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dc.identifier.citationApplied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, Vol. 13 No. 3-4 (2019) , 17-27
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.19041/APSTRACT/2019/3-4/2
dc.identifier.eissn1789-7874
dc.identifier.issn1789-221X
dc.identifier.issue3-4
dc.identifier.jatitleAPSTRACT
dc.identifier.jtitleApplied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2437/317706en
dc.identifier.volume13
dc.languageen
dc.relationhttps://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/apstract/article/view/6405
dc.rights.accessOpen Access
dc.rights.ownerUnivesity o f Debrecen, Faculty of Economics and Business, Hungary
dc.subjectemployment modeen
dc.subjecttemporary labouren
dc.subjectlabour costsen
dc.subjectstaff turn-overen
dc.subjectagri-business performanceen
dc.subjectfarm labour requirementsen
dc.titleThe influence of employment modes on employee turnover and agri-business performance: a case for Hunyani farm in the Zvimba district, Zimbabween
dc.typefolyóiratcikkhu
dc.typearticleen
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