This investigation studied changes across time in measures of organizational commitment and job satisfaction, as each related to subsequent turnover among a sample of recently employed psychiatric technician trainees. A longitudinal study across a lOi-month period was conducted, with attitude measures collected at four points in time. The results of a discriminant analysis indicate that significant relationships existed between certain attitudes held by employees and turnover. Relationships between attitudes and turnover were found in the last two time periods only, suggesting that such relationships are strongest at points in time closest to when an individual leaves the organization. Organizational commitment was found to discriminate better between stayers and leavers than did the various components of job satisfaction.
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