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The Turnover Intention–Behaviour Link: A Culture‐Moderated Meta‐Analysis
Author(s) -
Wong Kin Fai Ellick,
Cheng Cecilia
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of management studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.398
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1467-6486
pISSN - 0022-2380
DOI - 10.1111/joms.12520
Subject(s) - hofstede's cultural dimensions theory , antecedent (behavioral psychology) , uncertainty avoidance , turnover intention , social psychology , masculinity , psychology , individualism , perspective (graphical) , turnover , meta analysis , multilevel model , proxy (statistics) , collectivism , organizational commitment , economics , management , statistics , mathematics , medicine , psychoanalysis , market economy , geometry
Abstract Turnover intention is widely regarded as a direct antecedent to and proxy for actual voluntary turnover behaviour. However, previous studies have found the turnover intention‐behaviour link to be highly heterogeneous and not necessarily strong. This study adopts a cross‐cultural perspective, examining how the link varies as a function of Hofstede’s four work‐related cultural dimensions. Data from 152 independent samples were meta‐analysed, representing the testing of 216,093 employees from 18 nations across 9 geographical regions. The multilevel meta‐analytic results reveal significantly stronger turnover intention‐behaviour links for countries higher in power distance, higher in individualism, and lower in masculinity.