Creating a More Quit-Friendly National Workforce? Individual Layoff History and Voluntary Turnover

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Davis, Paul R.; Trevor, Charlie O.; Feng, Jie
• 署名单位: University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/apl0000012
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: 1434-1455
• 关键词: downsizing; layoffs; VOLUNTARY TURNOVER; survival analysis; fixed effects

摘要

Although Bureau of Labor Statistics data reveal that U.S. employers laid off over 30 million employees since 1994, virtually no research has addressed the behavior of layoff victims upon reemployment. In a first step, we investigate how layoffs shape voluntary turnover behavior in subsequent jobs. Utilizing a recently developed fixed effects specification of survival analysis, we find that a layoff history is positively associated with quit behavior. This effect is partially mediated by underemployment and job satisfaction in the postlayoff job. The remaining direct effect is consistent with the notion that layoffs produce a psychological spillover to postlayoff employment, which then manifests in quit behavior. We also find that layoff effects on turnover attenuate as an individual's layoffs accumulate and vary in magnitude according to the turnover path followed by the leaver.