Profiles in quitting: Integrating process and content turnover theory

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Maertz, CP Jr; Campion, MA
• 署名单位: Saint Louis University; Purdue University System; Purdue University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/20159602
• 发表日期: 2004
• 页码: 566-582
• 关键词: UNFOLDING MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT; organizational commitment; VOLUNTARY TURNOVER; EMPLOYEE TURNOVER; JOB EMBEDDEDNESS; Withdrawal; VIOLATION

摘要

Process models of turnover focus on how people quit; content models focus on why. To integrate these approaches and test whether motives relate systematically to decision processes, we classified 159 leavers using four process types and measured eight content motives for leaving. One key finding was that those who quit with no job alternative had more negative affect than users of other decision types, suggesting affect-driven, impulsive quitting. Results suggest that process-content integration is a fruitful direction for turnover research.