A Meta-Analysis of Antecedents and Correlates of Employee Turnover: Update, Moderator Tests, and Research Implications for the Next Millennium
verifiedrich profile · Journal of Management · 2000
Griffeth, Rodger W.; Hom, Peter W.; Gaertner, Stefan
How this was studied
A meta-analytic synthesis — it pools many primary studies rather than running a single design, so there is no single-study diagram.
What this article reports
The findings we extracted from this work, normalized into Principia’s relationship form (X → Y). Each feeds the synthesized models below.
organizational commitment → turnover intention
organizational commitment → voluntary turnover
job satisfaction → voluntary turnover
met expectations → voluntary turnover
pay level → voluntary turnover
pay satisfaction → voluntary turnover
job search → voluntary turnover
tenure → voluntary turnover
internal mobility → voluntary turnover
role clarity → voluntary turnover
turnover intention → voluntary turnover
age → voluntary turnover
Models this article informs
The meta-analytic priors this article contributes evidence to — its place in the broader synthesis.
age predicts voluntary turnover
internal mobility predicts voluntary turnover
job satisfaction predicts voluntary turnover
job search predicts voluntary turnover
met expectations predicts voluntary turnover
organizational commitment correlates turnover intention
organizational commitment predicts turnover intention
organizational commitment predicts voluntary turnover
pay level predicts voluntary turnover
pay satisfaction predicts voluntary turnover
role clarity predicts voluntary turnover
tenure predicts voluntary turnover
turnover intention predicts voluntary turnover
In the authors’ words
The article’s own abstract.
This article reports the results of a comprehensive meta-analysis of turnover antecedents, extending an earlier one by Hom and Griffeth (1995). As such, this updated meta-analysis represents the most wide-ranging quantitative review to date of the predictive strength of numerous turnover antecedents. Importantly, the present investigation identifies various moderators of antecedent-turnover correlations. The implications of these findings for both theory and practice are discussed.
What the literature says about it
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supports “…used as a proxy for actual voluntary turnover among turnover researchers in both public and private sector settings (Bertelli, 2007; Bright, 2008; Cho & Song, 2017; Griffeth et al., 2000; J. Kim, 2015; Seona Kim & Park, 2014; G. Lee & Jimenez, 2011; Rubenstein, Eberly, Lee, & Mitchell, 2018).”
supports “…that job attitudes variables (i.e. job satisfaction and organizational commitment) play a relatively limited role in explaining only 4% to 5% of variance in voluntary turnover behavior, as well as the weaker prediction of job alternative or job search on voluntary turnover (Griffeth et al., 2000).”
disputes “role in explaining only 4% to 5% of variance in voluntary turnover behavior, as well as the weaker prediction of job alternative or job search on voluntary turnover (Griffeth et al., 2000).”
supports “…that job attitudes variables (i.e. job satisfaction and organizational commitment) play a relatively limited role in explaining only 4% to 5% of variance in voluntary turnover behavior, as well as the weaker prediction of job alternative or job search on voluntary turnover (Griffeth et al., 2000).”
supports “According to a previous study, age has a negative relationship with voluntary turnover (Rodger et al. 2000).”
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