The Effects of Salary, Supervision, Work Engagement and Job Stress on Intention to Leave in Nigeria SMEs

Abstract

Small-Medium Enterprises in Nigeria has experienced a substantial loss of talented employees due to the high turnover rate. The
employee turnover rate in Nigeria SME has affected 71.5% of SMEs performance and employee welfares. This study aimed to
examine the effects/relationship between salary, supervision, work engagement and job stress on intention to leave in Nigerian
SMEs. The face-to-face survey was self-administered in collecting responses from one hundred sixty-eight respondents as the
primary data collection (quantitative) with simple random sampling during the survey. The IBM-SPSS (version 23) was adopted
to investigate data generated from the respondent. The findings proved a relationship between salary, supervision, work
engagement, job stress and intention to leave. This study further confirmed that employees believe the job stress and salary exhibit
a high relationship with employee turnover intention in Nigerian SMEs. Therefore, reducing employee intention to leave would
facilitate employee welfare, improve SMEs productivity, and create job retentions efficiency.