Exploring Turnover Intentions among Three Professional Groups of Employees

被引:121
作者
Carmeli, Abraham [1 ]
Weisberg, Jacob [1 ]
机构
[1] Bar Ilan Univ, Ramat Gan, Israel
关键词
Profession; occupation; labour turnover; withdrawal; turnover intentions; affective commitment; job satisfaction; job performance;
D O I
10.1080/13678860600616305
中图分类号
C93 [管理学];
学科分类号
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要
Although considerable research effort has been devoted to understanding work attitudes, behaviours and outcomes regarding turnover intentions, little has been done to explore it across different professions. This study takes a step in this direction and examines the effect of affective commitment, job satisfaction and job performance on turnover intentions across three professions. To this end, we surveyed three professional groups of employees and managers: financial officers and social workers employed in the public sector and lawyers employed in the private sector. The results of these three studies show that turnover intentions vary across these professions. Social workers exhibit lower turnover intentions than financial officers and lawyers, who tend to exhibit high turnover intentions. In addition, we found that job satisfaction and affective commitment are negatively associated with turnover intentions, while no significant relationship was found to exist between job performance and turnover intentions. The implications of this study suggest that both researchers and practitioners should take into consideration not only the organizational context, but also the occupational context while exploring the process of voluntary turnover.
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页码:191 / 206
页数:16
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