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THE RELATIONSHIP OF PERSONALITY VARIABLES TO ORGANIZATIONAL WITHDRAWAL
Author(s) -
BERNARDIN H. JOHN
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
personnel psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1744-6570
pISSN - 0031-5826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1977.tb02317.x
Subject(s) - psychology , conscientiousness , absenteeism , personality , organizational commitment , variance (accounting) , social psychology , anxiety , organizational citizenship behavior , generality , big five personality traits , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , extraversion and introversion , psychiatry , accounting , business
The relationship of personality variables to turnover and absenteeism was investigated using Cattell's 16 PF. Results indicated Factors G (conscientiousness) and Q 4 (anxiety) accounted for most of the predictable variance in both indices or organizational withdrawal. The Porter and Steers “polar” hypotheses for organizational withdrawal were not confirmed except for the anxiety factor. Results are discussed in terms of Lyons’(1972) conclusions on the relationship of absenteeism and turnover and the generality of findings to other samples of employees.