This research developed and tested a model of turnover contagion in which the job embeddedness and job search behaviors of coworkers influence employees’ decisions to quit. In a sample of 45 branches of a regional bank and 1,038 departments of a national hospitality firm, multilevel analysis revealed that coworkers’ job embeddedness and job search behaviors explain variance in individual “volun...

The driving force of corrections is the staff of correctional facilities. It is important to understand how the work environment shapes the attitudes of correctional staff; yet, the effect of job involvement on correctional employees has received little, if any, attention. Most of the research to date has focused on job stress and job satisfaction among correctional staff. Only recently has the...

research has consistently indicated that worker turnover intentions are factors external to an employee; however, little work has investigated turnover intention behavior from personality perspective in a context of a private university in a low resourced country like uganda.  the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of individual personality dimensions and job turnover intention...

This study aims to determine the effect of job insecurity and stress on turnover intention at Alfi Putra Cigarette Company. research is included in quantitative research. The location this Company which located RT.12, RW.04, Kayujaran Hamlet, Gumbleb Village, Pogalan District, Trenggalek Regency, East Java. number samples using 100 respondents. sample were PR employees. Putra. variables consist...

This study investigated the relationship between job search objectives (finding a new job/turnover, staying aware of job alternatives, developing a professional network, and obtaining leverage against an employer) and job search methods (looking at job ads, visiting job sites, networking, contacting employment agencies, contacting employers, and submitting applications). In a sample of 205 empl...

Causal modeling was used to explore the processes by which individual characteristics, job satisfaction, and intention to quit explain turnover among nursing personnel in 29 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) long-term psychiatric settings. The sample consisted of 1,106 registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and nurses' aides. We conceptualized turnover as a multistage proc...

This study combines a narrative review with meta-analytic techniques to yield important insights about the existing research on turnover of information technology professionals. Our narrative review of 33 studies shows that the 43 antecedents to turnover intentions of IT professionals could be mapped onto March and Simon’s (1958) distal-proximal turnover framework. Our meta-analytic structural ...

Japanese population is rapidly ageing. Thus, there is an increased demand for nurses in Japan. However, one of the common problems in nursing is a relatively high rate of occupational withdrawal, or turnover. Past studies on personality, work attitudes, and work behaviors, although being profoundly conducted across occupations and cultures, neglected the effects of personal dispositions on turn...

T he nursing profession is being faced with the dilemma of increasing retention and decreasing turnover of nursing staff in the face of economic limitations. Given the current state of the economy, turnover has decreased significantly as retir-ees continue to work and part-time employees work full-time to support their families. As a profession, nursing needs to be forward thinking ; as the eco...

Studies have shown that positive perceived job characteristics, such as job significance and task autonomy, tend to decrease IT personnel turnover intention. In addition, employee perception of their workplace characteristics may affect turnover. Few studies have examined this. We tested whether workplace characteristics – structural fairness, trust in senior management, employee information sh...