Job insecurity and turnover intention: Organizational commitment as mediator

Drawing from social exchange theory, we investigated the relationship between job insecurity and turnover intention, and the mediating effect of organizational commitment on this relationship. Structural equation modeling was employed to investigate the hypotheses using data from 459 employees in va...

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Published in:Social behavior and personality 2017-05, Vol.45 (4), p.529-536
Main Authors: Lee, Sang Hyun, Jeong, Dae Yong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Companies
Employee turnover
Employees
Employment
Employment Conditions
Employment security
Hypotheses
Job Insecurity
Job satisfaction
Job security
Organization theory
Organizational Commitment
Psychological aspects
Psychological research
Salespeople
Social Exchange Theory
Structural equation modeling
Studies
Turnover Intention
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Summary:Drawing from social exchange theory, we investigated the relationship between job insecurity and turnover intention, and the mediating effect of organizational commitment on this relationship. Structural equation modeling was employed to investigate the hypotheses using data from 459 employees in various firms in South Korea. Our findings confirmed that job insecurity was positively related to turnover intention, and that organizational commitment mediated the relationship between job insecurity and turnover intention. Implications of our findings for the job insecurity literature are discussed in the Korean context, and directions for future research are given.
ISSN:0301-2212
1179-6391
DOI:10.2224/sbp.5865