Generally, the correlation of organizational commitment(OC) and turnover intentions(TI) is statistically significant and tends to be high. Assuming that it is a single population, is this sustained? This meta-analysis examines whether the relationship...
Generally, the correlation of organizational commitment(OC) and turnover intentions(TI) is statistically significant and tends to be high. Assuming that it is a single population, is this sustained? This meta-analysis examines whether the relationship between OC and TI differs across organization type(profit/nonprofit organization) or hierarchical level(position). It was hypothesized that the OC-TI relationship will be stronger among employees in nonprofit organizations than among employees in profit organizations, or stronger among lower-level employees than among higher-level employees. Based on the aggregation involving a total of 62 independent samples from 54 studies, results show that this hypothesis is rejected. However, it is suggested that it is necessary to draw a distinction between organization types or hierarchical levels in studying the OC-TI relationship, based on the differences between mixed groups and sub-groups. In addition, if it is accepted that the measurement effect of organizational commitment, it will continue to be distinct throughout the relationship.