Intention to Leave Manufacturing Organisation: A Study of the Automotive Industry in Malaysia

This study attempted to present a picture of associates' decision to resign from the automotive industry in Malaysia. The primary purpose of this study was to analyse the turnover opportunities, career advancement and leadership style, and to investigate reasons influencing the intention to lea...

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Published in:Journal of economic & management perspectives 2016-12, Vol.10 (4), p.484-499
Main Authors: Meddour, Houcine, Rosli, Mohd A B M, Majid, Abdul H A, Auf, Mohamed A Abu, Aman, Abdulrazak M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absenteeism
Automobile industry
Career advancement
Employee attitude
Employee turnover
Hypotheses
Job satisfaction
Manufacturing
Production planning
Studies
Workforce
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Summary:This study attempted to present a picture of associates' decision to resign from the automotive industry in Malaysia. The primary purpose of this study was to analyse the turnover opportunities, career advancement and leadership style, and to investigate reasons influencing the intention to leave a company or organisation. Therefore, this research focuses on variables that affect workers' intention to leave sectors of the manufacturing industry in Malaysia. The study population comprised of the Automotive industry workforce. Data was collected from 247 respondents comprising assistant managers, senior executives, executives, and clerical staff. SmartPLS technique was used in order to determine whether the hypotheses were accepted or not. The results supported two of the hypotheses of this study. We found that both leadership as well as turnover opportunities had significant (positive) effect on the decision to leave Automotive industry. The results also concluded that the prospect of career advancement does not support or influence associates' intention to leave the organisation. Their decision is instead based on the output received from the respondents of the survey. It is hoped that the outcome of this study can be used as a guide for Automotive industry to retain their workforce.
ISSN:2523-5338
2523-5338