Human Relations articles from October 1999

Human Relations archives from October 1999

Underlying Labor Market Dimensions of "Opportunities": The Case of Employee Turnover.(Brief Article)
October 1, 1999... INTRODUCTION "Alternative job opportunities" is a theoretically fertile concept which has been associated with such divergent phenomenon as labor market diversity, occupational distributions, economic development as well as with...

Career Commitment as a Complex Moderator of Organizational Commitment and Turnover Intention.
October 1, 1999... INTRODUCTION The importance of organizational factors in affecting attitudes or behaviors of employees has been widely advocated (Blau & Boal, 1989; Cohen, 1993; Mathieu & Zajac, 1990; Meyer & Allen, 1984, 1990; O'Reilly & Chatman, 1986;...

An Examination of the Moderating Influence of Breadwinner Role Salience on the Pay-Life Satisfaction Relationship.
October 1, 1999... INTRODUCTION The recognition of work and family as the backbone of human existence (Howard, 1992) coupled with Diener's (1984) definition of subjective well-being or life satisfaction as the degree to which individuals judge the overall...

Fair or Foul?: The Effects of External, Internal, and Employee Equity on Changes in Performance of Major League Baseball Players.
October 1, 1999... INTRODUCTION Equity theory argues that employees examine their inputs and outputs and judge fairness by comparing them to the inputs and outputs of a referent other (Adams, 1963, 1965). Inputs include quality of job performance, length...

Disaggregating the Motives Underlying Turnover Intentions: When Do Intentions Predict Turnover Behavior?
October 1, 1999... INTRODUCTION Voluntary turnover has long been a central focus among researchers (Lee & Mitchell, 1994). Although approaches to the study of turnover differ (see Lee, Mitchell, Wise, & Fireman, 1996; Lee & Mitchell, 1994), most include...

On the Use of "Intent to . . ." Variables in Organizational Research: An Empirical and Cautionary Assessment.
October 1, 1999... INTRODUCTION For any number of reasons, those conducting organizational research often rely on what we will refer to as "surrogate" variables. It could be, for example, that the actual data are unavailable. A given organization may...