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Tuition reimbursement, perceived organizational support, and turnover intention among graduate business school students
Author(s) -
Pattie Marshall,
Benson George S.,
Baruch Yehuda
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
human resource development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1532-1096
pISSN - 1044-8004
DOI - 10.1002/hrdq.1184
Subject(s) - graduation (instrument) , reimbursement , turnover , psychology , turnover intention , organizational commitment , business , medical education , management , social psychology , economics , medicine , health care , geometry , mathematics , economic growth
Recent research has shown that while tuition reimbursement is generally associated with employee retention, employees may be more inclined to switch jobs when they earn graduate degrees. This article investigates the relationship between employees currently receiving tuition reimbursement and intention to leave the organization. Analysis of survey data from 322 employed graduate students shows that receiving tuition reimbursement is positively related to perceived organizational support, which reduces turnover intention. However, employees working toward degrees unrelated to their current jobs express greater intention to leave the organization, which increases as they near graduation.