Translating Intentions to Behavior: The Interaction of Network Structure and Behavioral Intentions in Understanding Employee Turnover

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Vardaman, James M.; Taylor, Shannon G.; Allen, David G.; Gondo, Maria B.; Amis, John M.
• 署名单位: Mississippi State University; State University System of Florida; University of Central Florida; University of Memphis; University of Warwick; University of Mississippi; University of Edinburgh
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2015.0982
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: 1177-1191
• 关键词: turnover; social networks; Network centrality; JOB EMBEDDEDNESS; Simmelian ties

摘要

This paper integrates psychological and sociological perspectives to provide a more complete explanation of the link between intended and actual turnover. Findings from two studies suggest that the translation of intentions to leave one's job into turnover behavior is attenuated by centrality in organizational advice and friendship networks. Our results demonstrate that psychological and network factors jointly impact employee turnover, and distinguish the effects of different types of networks (friendship, advice), ties (in-degree, out-degree), and levels (dyadic, triadic) in the turnover process. We discuss the implications of these findings for research and practice, and propose a two-stage model of turnover grounded in temporal construal theory that describes how psychological and structural factors variously influence the turnover decision process.