Turnover and Turnaway Intentions of IT Professionals and the Impact of COVID-19 on Their Work

This paper aimed at examining the impact of threat professional obsolescence, updating as play or work, perceived work overload, exhaustion, affective commitment, on turnover and turnaway intentions IT professionals in Mauritius. A quantitative, self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from 158 professionals. Contrary previous studies, overload negatively related exhaustion not intentions, but positively correlated intentions. While 80.5% survey participants felt they worked more home during COVID-19 lockdown, 62.3% were able spend time with their family would mostly if possible. The commitment towards organization profession reduced respectively. By rewarding implementing adequate strategies, retention could be enhanced.