Article: Talent retention among millennials in the Malaysian manufacturing industry Journal: International Journal of Business Innovation and Research (IJBIR) 2025 Vol.38 No.3 pp.356 - 375 Abstract: The study aims to examine the relationship between talent retention and work-life balance, reward management, career enhancement opportunity and employee engagement among millennials in Malaysia's manufacturing industry. The loss of a talented employee will hinder the expansion of the company. Since it is more crucial to maintain people than to let them go, businesses must pay great attention to talent retention. For the organisation to remain competitive, it is essential to keep qualified or competent staff. A total of 500 questionnaires were issued via a Google survey form to millennial workers in Malaysia's manufacturing sector. Convenience sampling, a non-probability sampling technique used in this study, bases the sample size on the amount of data gathered. The association between the variables is determined by using hypothesis testing. SPSS software was used for data analysis. The findings show a strong correlation between work-life balance and reward management and talent retention, with millennials expecting to stay with the organisation. This study can enhance future research by considering more independent variables such as job security, job performance, and employee commitment by doing a longitudinal study; and interviewing respondents instead of relying solely on an online survey. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Talent retention among millennials in the Malaysian manufacturing industry

Authors: Niroshini Sukumaran; Hemaloshinee Vasudevan

Addresses: Faculty of Business and Communication, INTI International University, Persiaran Perdana BBN Putra Nilai, 71800 Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia ' Faculty of Business and Communication, INTI International University, Nilai, Malaysia; Graduate School of Business, University Tun Abdul Razak, 192A, Jalan Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Abstract: The study aims to examine the relationship between talent retention and work-life balance, reward management, career enhancement opportunity and employee engagement among millennials in Malaysia's manufacturing industry. The loss of a talented employee will hinder the expansion of the company. Since it is more crucial to maintain people than to let them go, businesses must pay great attention to talent retention. For the organisation to remain competitive, it is essential to keep qualified or competent staff. A total of 500 questionnaires were issued via a Google survey form to millennial workers in Malaysia's manufacturing sector. Convenience sampling, a non-probability sampling technique used in this study, bases the sample size on the amount of data gathered. The association between the variables is determined by using hypothesis testing. SPSS software was used for data analysis. The findings show a strong correlation between work-life balance and reward management and talent retention, with millennials expecting to stay with the organisation. This study can enhance future research by considering more independent variables such as job security, job performance, and employee commitment by doing a longitudinal study; and interviewing respondents instead of relying solely on an online survey.

Keywords: work-life balance; reward management; career enhancement opportunity; talent Retention; millennials; Malaysian manufacturing industry.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2025.149647

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 2025 Vol.38 No.3, pp.356 - 375

Received: 24 Sep 2022
Accepted: 16 Oct 2022
Published online: 10 Nov 2025 *

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