Determinants of Turnover Intentions among Chinese off Farm Migrants
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This study examines the determinants of turnover intentions of off farm migrant workers, using data collected from China’s Jiangsu Province. Turnover intention is posited to be a function of demographic/human capital characteristics, job characteristics and job satisfaction. We find that higher levels of education have a positive effect on reported turnover intentions, while higher income and job satisfaction have a negative effect on turnover intentions. As turnover intentions represent a good proxy for actual turnover, the results can be viewed as providing reliable predictors of job mobility among off farm migrant workers at a time when there is a growing shortage of such workers in China’s coastal provinces. ♣ Department of Economics, Monash University, 900 Dandenong Road, Caulfield East, Vic 3145. Email: [email protected] ♦ Department of Management, Monash University ♠ Training Center – Human Resources Division, Lei Shing Hong Machinery (Kunshan) Co., LTD © 2008 Russell Smyth, Qingguo Zhai and Xiaoxu Li All rights reserved. No part of this paper may be reproduced in any form, or stored in a retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the author. Determinants of Turnover Intentions Among Chinese Off Farm Migrants
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