Understanding voluntary turnover: Path-specific job satisfaction effects and the importance of unsolicited job offers

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Lee, Tae Heon; Gerhart, Barry; Weller, Ingo; Trevor, Charlie O.
• 署名单位: University of North Carolina; North Carolina Central University; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; Free University of Berlin; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• 发表日期: 2008
• 页码: 651-671
• 关键词: employee turnover; UNFOLDING MODEL; survival analysis; sex-differences; search; metaanalysis; performance; regression; conceptualizations; opportunity

摘要

In response to traditional approaches' limited success in explaining voluntary turnover, we explored a paradigmatic shift in turnover research. Using a large national sample, we found we could more successfully model voluntary turnover by recognizing that job (dis)satisfaction and ease of movement importance depend on the group of leavers being studied. For example, ongoing job satisfaction had smaller effects for turnover driven by certain shocks (unsolicited job offers and family-related reasons), which accounted for 40 percent of all quits. Moreover, the prevalence of unsolicited job offers may necessitate rethinking the role of ease of movement in turnover decisions.