Journal article
Job embeddedness demonstrates incremental validity when predicting turnover intentions for Australian university employees
Frontiers in Psychology, Vol.7, Article 582
2016
Abstract
Job embeddedness is a construct that describes the manner in which employees can be enmeshed in their jobs, reducing their turnover intentions. Recent questions regarding the properties of quantitative job embeddedness measures, and their predictive utility, have been raised. Our study compared two competing reflective measures of job embeddedness, examining their convergent, criterion, and incremental validity, as a means of addressing these questions. Cross-sectional quantitative data from 246 Australian university employees (146 academic; 100 professional) was gathered. Our findings indicated that the two compared measures of job embeddedness were convergent when total scale scores were examined. Additionally, job embeddedness was capable of demonstrating criterion and incremental validity, predicting unique variance in turnover intention. However, this finding was not readily apparent with one of the compared job embeddedness measures, which demonstrated comparatively weaker evidence of validity. We discuss the theoretical and applied implications of these findings, noting that job embeddedness has a complementary place among established determinants of turnover intention.
Details
- Title
- Job embeddedness demonstrates incremental validity when predicting turnover intentions for Australian university employees
- Authors/Creators
- B. Heritage (Author/Creator)J.M. Gilbert (Author/Creator) - Curtin UniversityL.D. Roberts (Author/Creator) - Curtin University
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in Psychology, Vol.7, Article 582
- Publisher
- Frontiers
- Identifiers
- 991005541212007891
- Copyright
- © 2016 Heritage, Gilbert and Roberts
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Psychology and Exercise Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- 6 Social Sciences
- 6.3 Management
- 6.3.48 Organizational Behavior
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- Psychology, Multidisciplinary
- ESI research areas
- Psychiatry/Psychology