Promotion and Employee Turnover: Critique, Meta-Analysis, and Implications

Qualitative reviews of the withdrawal literature have reached inconsistent conclusions regarding the strength of the relationship between promotion and turnover. Several issues were addressed in this study which may account for these inconsistencies. First, we differentiate among three distinct oper...

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Published in:Journal of business and psychology 1994-06, Vol.8 (4), p.455-466
Main Authors: Carson, Paula Phillips, Carson, Kerry D., Griffeth, Rodger W., Steel, Robert P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied psychology
Correlations
Employee turnover
Job satisfaction
Psychological attitudes
Sales management
Sampling errors
Statistical variance
Steels
Weighted averages
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Summary:Qualitative reviews of the withdrawal literature have reached inconsistent conclusions regarding the strength of the relationship between promotion and turnover. Several issues were addressed in this study which may account for these inconsistencies. First, we differentiate among three distinct operationalizations of promotion: (1) promotion satisfaction; (2) perceptions of promotional opportunity; and (3) actual promotion. We then conduct quantitative reviews using meta-analytic procedures on turnover and the three operationalizations of promotion. We found no significant relationships between promotion satisfaction and turnover or between perceived promotional opportunities and turnover. However, a significant negative relationship was found between actual promotion and turnover. Theoretical implication of these findings are presented.
ISSN:0889-3268
1573-353X
DOI:10.1007/BF02230960