Employee Characteristics as Predictors of Turnover Among Female Clerical Employees in Two Organizations.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine relationships between employee characteristics and turnover in organizations. N=314 female clerical employees in two regional offices of a large insurance company were administered Jackson's (1967) Personality Research Form and a questionnaire that included measures of several demographic characteristics. Turnover data were collected up to eight months following the questionnaire administration. Multivariate relationships were found between employee characteristics and turnover in both samples. Compared with stayers, leavers in both offices were characterized by lower tenure in the company, a higher need for autonomy and a lower need for harmavoidance. Mixed support was found for the relationship between turnover and 'extreme' personality characteristics hypothesized by Porter and Steers (1973). Several suggestions were made concerning the direction of future research on turnover. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA040253
Entities
People
- Eugene F. Stone
- Lyman Porter
- Richard T. Mowday
Organizations
- University of Oregon