Given below are two statements:
Assertion (A): Motivation helps to reduce employee turnover in an organisation.
Reason (R): A high rate of employee turnover compels management to go for new recruitment and training, which involve additional investment of money, time and effort.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Assertion (A): Motivation helps to reduce employee turnover in an organisation. — True. Employee turnover means employees leaving the organisation. Motivation reduces it and so saves the cost of new recruitment and training.
Reason (R): A high rate of employee turnover compels management to go for new recruitment and training, which involve additional investment of money, time and effort. — True. When people leave, their places must be filled. New recruitment and training cost money, time and effort.
Why R does not explain A?
R tells us what high turnover costs the company. It does not tell us how motivation makes employees stay. So R shows why lower turnover is useful, not how motivation lowers it.
The real reason is this. The main cause of high turnover is lack of motivation. When managers identify the motivational needs of employees and give suitable incentives, employees may not think of leaving.
NCERT (2026-27 Edition): “Importance of Motivation: … (iii) Motivation helps to reduce employee turnover and thereby saves the cost of new recruitment and training. The main reason for high rate of employee turnover is lack of motivation. If managers identify motivational needs of employees and provide suitable incentives, employees may not think of leaving the organisation. High rate of turnover compels management to go for new recruitment and training which involve additional investment of money, time and effort. Motivation helps to save such costs. It also helps to retain talented people in the organisation.” |