FACTORS INFLUENCING EMPLOYEES’ INTENTION TO LEAVE JOB

Authors

  • ABDUL MUSAWER Lecturer at Rana University
  • DAWLAT KHAN AMARKHIL PHD Scholar Haripur University
  • MOHAMMAD LAIQ PHD Scholar (UOH)

Keywords:

Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, Job Stress

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors affecting to employees’ intention to quit job in private universities in Kabul, Afghanistan. For the purpose of the study, job satisfaction, job stress, person organization fit and organizational commitment were considered as the independent variables while the intention to leave was considered as the dependent variable. The sample was 70 randomly selected employees of private universities in Kabul, Afghanistan. A questionnaire was distributed among them to collect the data. The hypotheses were tested using correlation and regression analysis. The results explained that job satisfaction, person organization fit and organizational commitment of employees at private universities were significantly and negatively correlated with their turnover intention. This study recommended managers to improve job satisfaction, person organization fit and organizational commitment of employees to reduce their turnover intention. On the other hand, job stress in positively correlated with intention to leave job suggesting to reduce job stress in order to reduce employee turnover.

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Published

2021-02-15

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2021): IJIERT

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