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JOB SATISFACTION, ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT, TURNOVER INTENTION, AND TURNOVER: PATH ANALYSES BASED ON META‐ANALYTIC FINDINGS

TETT, ROBERT P., MEYER, JOHN P.·1993·Personnel Psychology

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Cross‐study differences in the contributions of work attitudes to the turnover process led us to (a) estimate the six relations among job satisfaction, organizational commitment, turnover intention/withdrawal cognitions, and turnover using meta‐analysis; (b) assess the effects of several psychometric moderators on those relations; and (c) compare the influences of satisfaction and commitment in the turnover process by applying path analysis to the meta‐analytic correlations. Based on aggregations involving a total of 178 independent samples from 155 studies, results showed that (a) satisfaction and commitment each contribute independently to the prediction of intention/cognitions; (b) intention/cognitions are predicted more strongly by satisfaction than by commitment; (c) intention/cognitions mediate nearly all of the attitu‐dinal linkage with turnover; and (d) attitudinal contributions to the turnover process vary with the use of single‐ versus multi‐item scales, the 9‐ versus 15‐item version of the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire, and turnover intention versus withdrawal cognition scales.

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Authors
TETT, R. P., & MEYER, J. P.
Affiliations
Western University (CA)
Corresponding author
MEYER, JOHN P.
Venue
Personnel Psychology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1993-06
Volume
46
Issue
2
Pages
259-293
ISSN
  • 0031-5826 (ISSN-L)
  • 1744-6570
OpenAlex
W2084710723
Cited by
4,114
References
91
Citations by year
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FWCI
7.24
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Personnel Psychology (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Human Factors and Ergonomics › Employee Performance and Management
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Leadership and Management › Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues
Keywords
job satisfaction, organizational commitment, turnover intention, turnover, work attitudes, mediation, scale length, Organizational Commitment Questionnaire

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