Factors Affecting Employee's Loyalty in Banking Sector: A Case of a Local Bank in Karachi, Pakistan
Employees' loyalty in the banking sector in Karachi, Pakistan remains a critical issue because less skilled employees' performances have declined its market share. Human resource (HR) management strives to create long-term relationships with employees by motivating them through salary plans, better supervision, increased motivation, and enhanced passion. This empirical study utilized qualitative phenomenology to investigate the phenomenon of loyalty and develop the model of factors stimulating loyalty among employees, enlightening the HR on employee retention, consequently. The data were accumulated through convenience sampling among employees at a local bank utilizing open-ended interviews and thematic analysis. The findings confirm that salary plans, supervision, financial rewards, and personal traits stimulate loyalty among employees while motivation and satisfaction moderate the phenomenon in consideration. The research is useful for the banking sector to keep employees loyal and build long-term relationships with them.
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Financial Rewards, Supervision, Salary Plan, Personal Traits, Employees Loyalty
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(1) Hurmat Unnisa
MBA/MPhil Scholar, Iqra University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
(2) Rahmat Ullah Kakar
MPhil Scholar, Iqra University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. IELTS Instructors, AEO-Pakistan, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
(3) Uroosa Rahat
MBA/MPhil Scholar, Iqra University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
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APA : Unnisa, H., Kakar, R. U., & Rahat, U. (2024). Factors Affecting Employee's Loyalty in Banking Sector: A Case of a Local Bank in Karachi, Pakistan. Global Management Sciences Review, IX(III), 91-104. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmsr.2024(IX-III).08
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CHICAGO : Unnisa, Hurmat, Rahmat Ullah Kakar, and Uroosa Rahat. 2024. "Factors Affecting Employee's Loyalty in Banking Sector: A Case of a Local Bank in Karachi, Pakistan." Global Management Sciences Review, IX (III): 91-104 doi: 10.31703/gmsr.2024(IX-III).08
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HARVARD : UNNISA, H., KAKAR, R. U. & RAHAT, U. 2024. Factors Affecting Employee's Loyalty in Banking Sector: A Case of a Local Bank in Karachi, Pakistan. Global Management Sciences Review, IX, 91-104.
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MHRA : Unnisa, Hurmat, Rahmat Ullah Kakar, and Uroosa Rahat. 2024. "Factors Affecting Employee's Loyalty in Banking Sector: A Case of a Local Bank in Karachi, Pakistan." Global Management Sciences Review, IX: 91-104
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MLA : Unnisa, Hurmat, Rahmat Ullah Kakar, and Uroosa Rahat. "Factors Affecting Employee's Loyalty in Banking Sector: A Case of a Local Bank in Karachi, Pakistan." Global Management Sciences Review, IX.III (2024): 91-104 Print.
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OXFORD : Unnisa, Hurmat, Kakar, Rahmat Ullah, and Rahat, Uroosa (2024), "Factors Affecting Employee's Loyalty in Banking Sector: A Case of a Local Bank in Karachi, Pakistan", Global Management Sciences Review, IX (III), 91-104
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TURABIAN : Unnisa, Hurmat, Rahmat Ullah Kakar, and Uroosa Rahat. "Factors Affecting Employee's Loyalty in Banking Sector: A Case of a Local Bank in Karachi, Pakistan." Global Management Sciences Review IX, no. III (2024): 91-104. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmsr.2024(IX-III).08