Date of Conferral

2019

Degree

Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.)

School

Business Administration

Advisor

Irene Williams

Abstract

Clinical supply chain managers who do not apply effective employee turnover strategies could negatively affect team performance, employee morale, employee well-being, patient outcomes, productivity, profitability, and the sustainability of organizational activities. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies that supply chain managers used to decrease employee turnover in clinical logistics organizations. The targeted population consisted of 6 clinical logistics supply chain managers working in 6 community hospitals located in Maryland who had experience implementing successful strategies to decrease employee turnover. The servant leadership theory served as the study's framework. Data collection included semistructured interviews and a review of company records. Data were analyzed according to Yin's comprehensive data analysis method, including categorizing and coding words and phrases, word frequency searches to categorize patterns, and organizing the data to interpret recurring themes. Five main themes emerged from the data analysis: understanding employee turnover, proactive leadership, employee professional development, motivating employees, and effective communication. The findings from this study might contribute to social change by providing strategies that clinical logistics supply chain managers can implement to reduce employee turnover, which might sustain organizational profitability, improve the quality of life for employees, quality of service to patients, lower unemployment rates, and promote community health, wealth, and sustainability.

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