How does spouse career support relate to employee turnover? Work interfering with family and job satisfaction as mediators Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • SummaryEmployee turnover is a major concern because of its cost to organizations. Although theory supports the influence of nonwork factors on turnover, our understanding of the degree to which nonwork factors relate to actual turnover behavior is not well developed. Using a sample of 5505 U.S. Army officers, we assessed the extent to which spouse career support related to reduced turnover four years later through work interfering with family (WIF) and job satisfaction as mechanisms. Results revealed that spouse career support decreased the odds of turnover, and WIF and job satisfaction sequentially mediated this relationship, with lower WIF and higher job satisfaction reducing the odds of turnover. Practical implications of using family support systems as retention interventions are discussed. Copyright 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

published proceedings

  • JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

altmetric score

  • 3.1

author list (cited authors)

  • Huffman, A. H., Casper, W. J., & Payne, S. C.

citation count

  • 63

complete list of authors

  • Huffman, Ann H||Casper, Wendy J||Payne, Stephanie C

publication date

  • February 2014

publisher