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Psychological Contract and Turnover Intention: The Mediating Role of Organizational Commitment
School of Management and Economics, Xidian University, Xi’an, China
School of Management and Economics, Xidian University, Xi’an, China
School of Management and Economics, Xidian University, Xi’an, China
School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
- 1 School of Management and Economics, Xidian University, Xi’an, China
- 2 School of Management and Economics, Xidian University, Xi’an, China
- 3 School of Management and Economics, Xidian University, Xi’an, China
- 4 School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
Journal of Human Resource and Sustainability Studies·Volume 05 (2017)·Pages 21–35·Published 15 February 2017·DOI10.4236/jhrss.2017.51003
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Abstract
In this paper, the theory of resource conservation is introduced to explore the influence of psychological contract on turnover intention of employees, and the mediating mechanism of organizational commitment is tested. Through the questionnaire survey of employees in high-tech enterprises in Xi ’ an City, we use the structural equation model for empirical research ; the results shows that: 1) the transactional and the relational psychological contract has a significant impact on turnover intention; 2) organizational commitment plays a fully mediating role in the relationship between transactional psychological contract and turnover intention, and plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between relational psychological contract and turnover intention.
KeywordsOrganizational CommitmentPsychological ContractTurnover Intention
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