AGE AND VOLUNTARY TURNOVER - A QUANTITATIVE REVIEW

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HEALY, MC
LEHMAN, M
MCDANIEL, MA
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10.1111/j.1744-6570.1995.tb01760.x
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B849 [应用心理学];
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040203 ;
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The bivariate relationship between chronological age and voluntary turnover was examined. Using a database that spans the years 1959-1993 and contains 46 samples with a total of 42,625 individuals, meta-analyses were performed. In contrast to previous reviews (Cotton and Tuttle, 1986; Rhodes, 1983), the relationship between age and turnover was small and near zero (rho = -.08). Job tenure did not appear to moderate the relationship to any substantial extent. We conclude that age is not meaningfully related to an individual's decision to leave an organization.
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