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JOB SURVIVAL OF NEW EMPLOYEES 1
Author(s) -
WANOUS JOHN P.,
STUMPF STEPHEN A.,
BEDROSIAN HRACH
Publication year - 1979
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.1744-6570.1979.tb02338.x
Subject(s) - psychology , turnover , job attitude , job performance , variety (cybernetics) , social psychology , job analysis , race (biology) , job satisfaction , demographic economics , management , economics , botany , artificial intelligence , computer science , biology
The job survival of 1,736 newly hired workers across a variety of organizations is examined. Voluntary and involuntary turnover are analyzed separately over the first 29 weeks on the job. Moderate support is found for a theory of job survival which distinguishes between the effects of job attitudes on voluntary withdrawal and job performance on involuntary withdrawal. Organization related factors such as pay and training are better predictors of job survival than are individual variables such as race, sex, age, and education.