Job embeddedness and voluntary turnover in the face of job insecurity |
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Authors: | Vesa Peltokorpi David G Allen |
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Institution: | 1. Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan;2. Neeley School of Business, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, USA |
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Abstract: | Two important contributions to the understanding of voluntary turnover are the ideas that employees become embedded in a net or web of restraining forces on- and off-the-job and that they experience varying degrees of control and desire that yield proximal withdrawal states explaining turnover motivations. We build on these ideas in two multi-wave studies to study job insecurity, one of the most common work stressors and top concerns among employees around the world. Study 1 demonstrates that job search mediates the positive relationship between job insecurity and voluntary turnover, and that employees higher in on-the-job embeddedness are less likely to search for jobs despite job insecurity. Study 2 demonstrates that turnover intention mediates the positive relationship between job insecurity and voluntary turnover, and that employees higher in on-the-job embeddedness are less likely to contemplate quitting despite job insecurity. However, off-the-job embeddedness had opposite interactive effects, exacerbating the relationship of job insecurity with turnover. |
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Keywords: | conservation of resources job embeddedness job insecurity voluntary turnover |
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