ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND EMPLOYEE RETENTION

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: SHERIDAN, JE
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/256539
• 发表日期: 1992
• 页码: 1036-1056
• 关键词: META-ANALYSIS; turnover; performance; people; MODEL

摘要

This study investigated the retention rates of 904 college graduates hired in six public accounting firms over a six-year period. organizational culture values varied significantly among the firms. The variation in cultural values had a significant effect on the rates at which the newly hired employees voluntarily terminated employment. The relationship between the employees' job performance and their retention also varied significantly with organizational culture values. The cultural effects were stronger than the combined exogenous influences of the labor market and the new employees' demographic characteristics. The cultural effects are estimated to have resulted in over six million dollars' difference in human resource costs between firms with different cultural values. Implications for research on person-organization fit are discussed.