A meta-analytical structural equations analysis of a model of employee turnover
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The present study combined meta-analysis with structural equations modeling (SEM) to validate Mobley, Horner, and Hollingsworth's (1978) turnover theory as well as alternative structural networks proposed by Dalessio, Silverman, and Schuck (1986). We aggregated correlations from 17 studies (N = 5,013 employees), correcting for unreliability and sampling error. Then we used SEM to assess the models, comparing their relative fits to data. SEM analyses corraborated Mobley et al.'s model better than did past research, but these analyses also showed that Dalessio et al.'s theories explained sample data more plausibly. Additional SEM tests found that turnover base rates, time lags between turnover and model assessments, unemployment rates, and occupational differences moderated the models' pathways. The present findings suggest various implications for these theories and for turnover research. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Psychology
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-9010
Year: 1992
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Cognitive resource theory: issues for specifying a test of the theory
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Fiedler, Murphy, and Gibson (1992) raise a variety of objections to my 1990 study (Vecchio, 1990), which addressed the seven propositions of cognitive resource theory. Their objections, which are essentially based on reservations offered in the article itself, reflect overstatement and are largely unfounded. This article examines each of their objections and reiterates areas that deserce further refinement. Future research related to cognitivr resource theory will benefit from a consideration of the original points raised in my earlier article. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Psychology
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-9010
Year: 1992
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