Abstract:
The study focused on the effect of succession planning on employee retention. The
researcher used a simple random sampling to select participants from the Forestry
Services Division of the Forestry Commission Headquarters in Accra, Ghana. A sample
of 100 respondents (60 were used) was included that comprises both male and female
employees of the various departments. The results indicated that effective succession
planning practices had a favorable connection with employee retention. Again, the
findings of the research indicate that in order to retain the employees, the Forestry
Commission should work on planning career development programs, identify and
develop talent pool and offer non-monetary rewards to employees. The implications for
the study are that it will bring a positive social change by adapting the effective
succession planning practices which will as a result help to increase the morale of
employee and enhance the professionalism whiles retaining the talented and highly
skilled employees in the commission. The findings indicates that effective succession
planning practices had a meaningful, favorable connection with employee retention.
