• Prof. Divyashree N
• Dr. S. Jayanna

A continuing organizational issue for the management of human resource has been the retention of vital employees. The key to enhancement of productivity rests on designing ways and means to retain key performers in the organization. This becomes more pertinent in the IT industry, which has embraced the modern corporate culture of quick career advancement and has thrown open multiple job opportunities, thus experiencing a steady rise in mobility among IT professionals. Varying trends of employee turnover, both voluntary and involuntary, have exposed IT organizations to the vital question: 'who stays with you?’. This study aims to know the employee’s intention to stay in the IT sector. Data was collected from employees of well known software companies in the cities of Mysore and Bangalore. The data was subjected to factor analytic procedure to uncover underlying dimensions and also for establishing content and discriminate validity. Cronbachs’ alpha was calculated to test the reliability of the measurements.From the findings of the study it is revealed that two factors, namely, opportunity for growth and company work environment has major influence on employees’ intention to stay in an organization

Employee intention to stay, Retention, Attrition, IT industry

"FACTORS INFLUENCING EMPLOYEE’S INTENTION TO STAY – A STUDY OF SOME SELECT FIRMS IN IT SECTOR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.29-36, May 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCZ06004.pdf

"FACTORS INFLUENCING EMPLOYEE’S INTENTION TO STAY – A STUDY OF SOME SELECT FIRMS IN IT SECTOR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp29-36, May 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCZ06004.pdf