Although turnover intentions are the strongest predictors of voluntary behaviours, many employees who express to leave do not. To explain why some translate into behaviour and others not, this study examines moderating effect temporal focus (i.e. degree which one thinks about past, present future) between turnover, using lens theory planned behaviour. Data were collected from 683 full-time in a...

BACKGROUND Nurses' turnover is a major contributor to nursing shortages, strongly influenced by nurses' intentions to leave. Several factors influencing the turnover intention have been well identified in Western countries and large cities in China. However, whether these factors also contribute to nurses' work stress in Midwest China are still unclear. The main purpose of this study was to exa...

Human Resource Management, Winter 2002, Vol. 41, No. 4, Pp. 405–421 © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/hrm.10051 Correspondence to: Raymond A. Friedman, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, 401 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN; telephone: 615-322-3992; e-mail: [email protected] For...