S. Umamaheswari, Jayashree Krishnan, Determinants of Employee Retention-Factors and Analysis in Manufacturing Industries in India, International Business Management, Volume 8,Issue 4, 2014, Pages 214-221, ISSN 1993-5250, ibm.2014.214.221, (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2014.214.221) Abstract: Retaining talented work force is a major task experienced by the organizations. Hence, special attention is being given for employee retention and therefore variables influencing are needed to be analyzed. Apart from financial benefits, other factors such as supervisor support, training and development, leadership skills, satisfaction over performance appraisal are also exert major impact on employee retention. In this study, 4 non-financial variables and their competitive significance over employee retention in manufacturing ceramic industries is analyzed with the aid of statistical tools. The analysis concluded that all the 4 variables are correlated with employee retention. The study also revealed that the determinants, such as supervisor support, leadership skills and satisfaction over performance appraisal have significance influence with employee retention. Keywords: Employee retention;performance appraisal;supervisor support;training and developmen;leadership skills