Cultural Influence on Employee Turnover: A Multi-level Meta-analytic Investigation

Identifier

6332

Author

Qing Ma

Date

2018

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy

Department

Business Administration

Committee Chair

David G Allen

Committee Member

Charles A Pierce

Committee Member

Frances Fabian

Committee Member

Alex Rubenstein

Abstract

The present study meta-analytically analyzed the role of national culture in moderating relationships between turnover criterion (turnover behavior and turnover rates) and its correlates at the individual and collective level, and tested the relative strength of such relationships and cultural effects between levels. Results based on 175 independent samples (N=93113) from 26 countries indicate that relationship(s) of turnover criterion with a) job satisfaction and continuance commitment are stronger in individualistic countries, b) affective commitment is stronger in feminine countries, c) normative commitment is stronger in collectivistic countries, d) shared job attitudes is stronger in egalitarian countries, and e) job embeddedness (signals) are stronger in collectivistic countries; and that such relationships and the moderating effects of culture are stronger at the collective level than at the individual level. These findings provided valuable theoretical and practical implications.

Comments

Data is provided by the student.

Library Comment

Dissertation or thesis originally submitted to the local University of Memphis Electronic Theses & dissertation (ETD) Repository.

Recommended Citation

Ma, Qing, "Cultural Influence on Employee Turnover: A Multi-level Meta-analytic Investigation" (2018). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1907.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/etd/1907