ERIC Number: EJ933891
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Mar
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-9010
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Examining the Job Search-Turnover Relationship: The Role of Embeddedness, Job Satisfaction, and Available Alternatives
Swider, Brian W.; Boswell, Wendy R.; Zimmerman, Ryan D.
Journal of Applied Psychology, v96 n2 p432-441 Mar 2011
This study examined factors that may help explain under what conditions employee job search effort may most strongly (or weakly) predict subsequent turnover. As predicted, the job search-turnover relationship was stronger when employees had lower levels of job embeddedness and job satisfaction and higher levels of available alternatives. These findings suggest that there may be a number of factors interacting to influence employees' turnover decisions, indicating greater complexity to the process than described in prominent sequential turnover models. (Contains 3 figures, 5 tables, and 1 footnote.)
Descriptors: Employees, Job Satisfaction, Labor Turnover, Predictor Variables, Colleges, School Personnel, Job Applicants, Employment Opportunities, Racial Differences, Age Differences, Salaries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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