Further Clarifying Proximal Withdrawal States and the Turnover Criterion Space: Comment on Hom, Mitchell, Lee, and Griffeth (2012)

In "Reviewing Employee Turnover: Focusing on Proximal Withdrawal States and an Expanded Criterion," Hom, Mitchell, Lee, and Griffeth (2012) brought together many of the most important content and process factors in the employee turnover literature. In this paper, I attempt to clarify the t...

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Published in:Psychological bulletin 2012-09, Vol.138 (5), p.859-864
Main Author: Maertz, Carl P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude
Employee Attitudes
Employee Retention
Employee Turnover
Employees
Employment - psychology
Forecasts
Human
Humans
Labor Turnover
Labour turnover
Models, Psychological
Motivation
Occupational psychology
Personnel Turnover
Prediction
Predictions
Research Design
Researchers
Social psychology
Social Studies
Social theory
Turnover
Volunteers
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Summary:In "Reviewing Employee Turnover: Focusing on Proximal Withdrawal States and an Expanded Criterion," Hom, Mitchell, Lee, and Griffeth (2012) brought together many of the most important content and process factors in the employee turnover literature. In this paper, I attempt to clarify the true contributions of this framework for the turnover area and at the same time explain why improved prediction is not among these contributions. I then enumerate 3 theoretically problematic aspects of the proposed framework, which limit its contribution. Finally, I suggest 3 directions that researchers should pursue in order to test and extend the framework.
ISSN:0033-2909
1939-1455
DOI:10.1037/a0028897