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A Motivational Model of Work Turnover
Author(s) -
Richer Sylvie F.,
Blanchard Cealine,
Vallerand Robert J.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2002.tb02065.x
Subject(s) - psychology , feeling , competence (human resources) , structural equation modeling , social psychology , turnover , work motivation , emotional exhaustion , job satisfaction , turnover intention , work (physics) , affect (linguistics) , burnout , clinical psychology , management , mechanical engineering , statistics , mathematics , communication , engineering , economics
The purpose of this article was to propose and test a motivational model of work turnover. The model posits that feelings of relatedness toward work colleagues and feelings of competence jointly and positively affect self‐determined work motivation, which in turn facilitates work satisfaction but prevents emotional exhaustion. Moreover, work satisfaction and emotional exhaustion respectively lead to negative and positive effects on turnover intentions. Finally, over time, turnover intentions translate into turnover behavior. A total of 490 alumni from a school of administration completed a questionnaire assessing the various components of the motivational model. Results from structural equation modeling analyses (with EQS; Bentler, 1992) supported the motivational model. Results are discussed in light of the relevant literature, and future research directions are proposed.
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