Empirical studies of public employee turnover, particularly using turnover as an independent variable, are rare; and most of the literature assumes turnover to have a negative impact on organizations. This study examines a provocative but little supported hypothesis that has recently emerged in the private sector literature—that turnover may provide positive benefits to the organization, at lea...

One of the primary concerns for scholars and business organizations is Employee Turnover (ET), which has become a challenging topic managers due to its association with high costs recruiting, developing, training new employees potential cause severe repercussions in achieving organizational goals. This study aimed identify factors that influence ET Fast Moving Consumable Goods Companies (FMCGs)...

This study investigated the impact of motivation on employee turnover in Telecom sector of Pakistan. The questionnaire used was designed to focus on motivation and turnover questions. One hundred and six close-ended questionnaires were used for analyses. Regression and correlation analyses were proposed to explore the impact of motivation on employee’s intention to quit. Motivation was establis...

Although fairness is critical to effective human resource management, little effort has been made to assess the role fairness plays in facilitating positive and preventing negative employee outcomes in government agencies. Using data collected through a survey of 764 professional employees from a large state agency, this study examined the relationship between perceived organizational justice a...

We present a formal model explaining that US presidents strategically unionize federal employees to reduce bureaucratic turnover and ‘anchor’ the ideological composition of like-minded agency workforces. To test our model’s predictions, we advance a method of estimating bureaucratic ideology via the campaign contributions of federal employees; we then use these bureaucratic ideal point estimate...

This study examines four possible models of the causal relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment in models of employee turnover: (1) satisfaction precedes commitment, (2) commitment precedes satisfaction, (3) satisfaction and commitment have a reciprocal relationship, and (4) satisfaction and commitment have no significant relationship. Structural equation models with ...

Although one of the main reasons for the interest in organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) is the potential consequences of these behaviors, no study has been reported that summarizes the research regarding the relationships between OCBs and their outcomes. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to provide a meta-analytic examination of the relationships between OCBs and a variety of ind...

We describe a competitive model of worker turnover and labor earnings that is consistent with features of labor markets often used to motivate non-competitive models. In our model, as in the data, observationally identical workers earn different wages in different firms and industries. This is because workers employed in firms more likely to survive devote more time to human capital accumulatio...

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...

Employee turnover among information technology (IT) professionals continues to be a major issue for the IT field (Armstrong & Riemenschneider, 2011; Carayon, Schoepke, Hoonakker, Haims, & Brunette, 2006; Moore, 2000a; Rigas, 2009). One reason for turnover among IT professionals is burnout that may result in turnover (Armstrong & Riemenschneider, 2011; Kalimo & Toppinen, 1995; McGee, 1996; Moore...