Retaining Talent: The Role of the Personal and Contextual Factors

Earlier studies have focused on the attitudinal and behavioral aspects of employee turnover. However, this study empirically investigates the contextual (i.e. job complexity, developmental feedback and perceived organizational support) and personal (i.e. proactive personality and core self-evaluati...

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Main Authors: Talat Islam, , Zeshan Ahmer, Naeem Mushtaq
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Language:English
Published: Lahore School of Economics 2020-05-01
Series:The Lahore Journal of Business
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Online Access:https://journals.lahoreschool.edu.pk/LJB/LJB/article/view/86
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description Earlier studies have focused on the attitudinal and behavioral aspects of employee turnover. However, this study empirically investigates the contextual (i.e. job complexity, developmental feedback and perceived organizational support) and personal (i.e. proactive personality and core self-evaluations) aspects in order to elucidate turnover intention among the private sector universities of Pakistan. The study used a questionnaire-based survey that was circulated amongst the faculty members of the private universities, and 758 responses were used for the final data analysis. Moreover, the structural equation modeling was applied and revealed that core self-evaluation, developmental feedback, job complexity and perceived organizational support are negatively associated with turnover intention. However, the element of proactive personality was found to have a nonsignificant association with turnover intention. This study has theoretical and practical implications for universities and recruitment departments.
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spelling doaj-art-38871b51c12f41e7bca1660e886ca4f92025-08-20T01:57:54ZengLahore School of EconomicsThe Lahore Journal of Business2223-00252791-31392020-05-0182Retaining Talent: The Role of the Personal and Contextual FactorsTalat Islam0, Zeshan Ahmer1Naeem Mushtaq2Assistant Professor, Institute of Business Administration, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. Assistant Professor, Institute of Business Administration, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.MS Scholar, Hailey College of Banking & Finance, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. Earlier studies have focused on the attitudinal and behavioral aspects of employee turnover. However, this study empirically investigates the contextual (i.e. job complexity, developmental feedback and perceived organizational support) and personal (i.e. proactive personality and core self-evaluations) aspects in order to elucidate turnover intention among the private sector universities of Pakistan. The study used a questionnaire-based survey that was circulated amongst the faculty members of the private universities, and 758 responses were used for the final data analysis. Moreover, the structural equation modeling was applied and revealed that core self-evaluation, developmental feedback, job complexity and perceived organizational support are negatively associated with turnover intention. However, the element of proactive personality was found to have a nonsignificant association with turnover intention. This study has theoretical and practical implications for universities and recruitment departments. https://journals.lahoreschool.edu.pk/LJB/LJB/article/view/86perceived organizational supportDevelopmental feedbackjob complexityproactive personalitycore self-evaluations.
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Retaining Talent: The Role of the Personal and Contextual Factors
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perceived organizational support
Developmental feedback
job complexity
proactive personality
core self-evaluations.
title Retaining Talent: The Role of the Personal and Contextual Factors
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title_short Retaining Talent: The Role of the Personal and Contextual Factors
title_sort retaining talent the role of the personal and contextual factors
topic perceived organizational support
Developmental feedback
job complexity
proactive personality
core self-evaluations.
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