Investigating the Influence of Decisive Variables on Employee Attrition in Special Needs Schools

Abstract

Human Resources are backbone for any organisation. Special educators play a substantial role in empowering the differently-abled. Acquiring and retaining the qualified workforce in the field of special education is a question of concern. Attrition across-the-board threatens not only their quality of education, but also leads to moral and psychological and emotional disturbance of differently abled. Special educators who are effectively trained and are conscious of the challenges are the need-of-the-hour. More of the prevailing papers in this context are the outcome of multifaceted investigations performed all over the world other than India. To fill the gap, the current study aims to investigate the contributing factors for the high attrition of educators engaged in mentoring and nurturing special children. The proposed research methodology is twofold - descriptive research methodology followed by empirical study. For determining the factors influencing the employee turnover, the researcher has used excel and Python. The results explored the relationship between selected factors and employee attrition viz. Work-life balance, Organizational culture, Remuneration, Superior- Subordinate relationship. It’s not only a grueling state for parents but also proves to be a curse for innocent gifted students to get adapted. If this question is not suitably addressed and explored right now, the lives of exceptional learners will be at stake. Key Words: Employee churn, Special Education, Differently abled, HR Analytics.