Organisational change and employee turnover

Kevin M. Morrell, John Loan‐Clarke, Adrian J. Wilkinson
2004 Personnel Review  
This paper investigates employee turnover, using data from a recent study of 352 NHS nurse leavers. We explore individual decisions to quit in a context characterised by change, and suggest a mechanism whereby organisational and contextual change can prompt individual leaving decisions. We develop and test hypotheses designed to shed light on the links between organisational change and individual decisions to quit. We then develop a theoretical, heuristic model describing the relationship
more » ... n organisational change and turnover. The managerial implications of this model are outlined and the paper concludes with an agenda for future research.
doi:10.1108/00483480410518022 fatcat:hsftg4pr6fhr5mitxtilun4ff4