Employee's turnover intentions and job destination choices

Abstract

SummaryEmployee's job destination choices, as part of the turnover process, re¯ect options for internal organizational or external labor market moves. A sample of 477 employees in 15 ®rms was used to decipher how bio-demographic, job, plant, and labor market characteristics are related to ®ve alternative job destinations. Multivariate logistic regression and odds±ratio analyses compared the ®ve models con®rming that different sets of variables in¯uence each of the destination choices. Coworkers' intentions have a major signi®cant impact on all destination options. The ®ndings have implications for present turnover models, career paths, and promotion progression in the ®rm.

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