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Employee turnover is a serious concern in knowledge based organizations. When

employees leave an organization, they carry with them invaluable tacit knowledge which
is often the source of competitive advantage for the business. In a rapidly growing sector
like the Indian software industry employee turnover poses risk and challenges for
organizations. This research explores the relationship of withdrawal behaviors like
lateness and absenteeism, job content, tenure and demographics on employee turnover.
The unique aspect of this research has been the use of five predictive data mining
techniques on a sample data of 150 employees in a large software organization. The
results of the study clearly show a relationship between withdrawal behaviors and
employee turnover. Age and marital status emerged as key demographic variables. The
findings of this study have implications for both research and practice. There is a need to
expand the scope of this research to include multiple organizations and a large sample,
which will allow for more robust predictions. For practitioners, it emphasizes the need
for greater use of models and analytical tools in engaging with human resource strategies
and plans, and in particular that HR professionals will need to understand, appreciate
and apply such models in future to be able to perform their roles as strategic business
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