TITLE:
The Effect of Organizational Culture and Corporate Governance on Employee Retention
AUTHORS:
Masika Kabuyaya Yolande
KEYWORDS:
Organizational Culture, Corporate Governance, Employee Retention
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Business and Management,
Vol.13 No.6,
November
5,
2025
ABSTRACT: Introduction: Employee retention has been an issue in many organizations. Currently, employees leave organizations before the end of their contracts, which causes many organizations to employ few employees and not to recruit often. There are many cases of nurses going on strike and then resigning after the strike. This leads to poor employee retention. Private hospitals in the Democratic Republic of Congo need an effective way to retain employees to offer quality services. Goals and Methods: This study aimed to investigate the effect of organizational culture and corporate governance on employee retention of the nurses of private hospitals in Congo DRC. The descriptive correlation design was utilized in this study. Purposive sampling was employed in the study in choosing private hospitals and convenience sampling was used to get a total sample of 348 nurses. The study used a researcher-constructed questionnaire and before the distribution, 12 experts validated the questionnaire. Percentages, means, standard deviations, and descriptive correlations were utilized. Results: The nurses agreed that with the organizational culture, there is a good corporate governance, and a good employee retention. Conclusions: There is a relationship between organizational culture and employee retention, and there is a relationship between corporate governance and employee retention.