Sh¿ron F.L" Hunter - MSpace - University of Manitoba

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tc prnvicie ,ì mone rompnehensive pictune of the phenornenon r_rnden
=tLld.,, iFowen r 19EB; Ér-rono ;ir lr.anrl r 1?83 ¡ Cnouten, 1gb-4 i þ:._rnter.r
1?77-r ¡ lr.eor,rn l¿ H.eou¡n, 19Ëf i lforrison et al . , 1?B? i Voydan,:if .
198(l ) .
In tnaining a +utlrne pro{essionar, ongåniz¡tions maL.E a.
i inancial and p=ychol ogical investrnent in the in,lividr_ral which is
ertpected to be nepaid through the service o{ the ernpì oyee in
subsequent yeans. Attnition oi pno{ession-cl rArornen is -r probìem
becaltse it repnesents a substantial hlrman capitsl investinent that
rs lost by these Ðrgånirations (l"lorrison et al ., lgB?i . fiaynar.d flr
Én¡use i iç88) ne{enred to thiE or-Eånirational loss ås ,, . . .årì
e:.reclrtive bnein drain..." ip.34i . Attnítion of pnu{ession¿l þromen
resurl ts in a d irect econornic coEt that rïr-tst be bonne by the
Ðl.såniration, The Ðr-gåni:ation will yield a sr_rb=tanti¡l I y ìowerneturn
Dn its investment (Foulrnan l¿ Ënoss, lggó) since neh,
empl oyees must be h ined and trained i a pnDcËss that ,lr._c.ins
rlngani¡ational l^eservEs and resoul^ces.
úrgani:ations need also be concerned about the ¡ttrition o+
pro{essionaì wornÊn becaLlse the proportion of rnal e won[,:ens is
decneasing dcte to longer periods of educational tnaining, earìier.
net inernents among rnen and I ongen I i{e spans o{ r{ornen (Gneengì as= ,
19Bt) .
Thr-rs r or-Bår-ti¡¡tions wil I increasingly turn to þJnrnen to
f il l positions. Fno{essional wornen rnåy also end Lrp paying iorthese
attrition nateE in the sense thst or9àni=ations r.lil ì vier.¡
wornen ås a highen nisl': inveEtrnent. Attnition nates o{ iernal e
empl oyees rnay iueì the f ire behind the argurnenl that Frornen d =h¡r-rl
not be al lot'red 1 imited åtrcess to Lrpper po=itions il'lsndelbaurn,