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Exploring turnover intention of construction managers in China

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posted on 2006-01-01, 00:00 authored by J Du, Jie Zhou, Chunlu LiuChunlu Liu, David Picken
Employee turnover has been identified as one of the principal causes of poor performance, low competitiveness and high technology loss in the construction industry. Construction managers normally acquire knowledge and skills in construction methods and management techniques on the basis of long-term practice, and their turnover can significantly impact on a construction organisation's survival and development. Therefore, there has been an increasing need to understand the major critical variables affecting the turnover of construction managers. The aims of this research were to determine these variables and use them to develop a quantitative turnover prediction model. A system framework was first developed to categorise all turnover variables into job satisfaction, organisation commitment and demographic variables and the turnover intention was measured in diverse directions. Based on an empirical study in Hubei province in China, the statistical results indicate that seven job satisfaction and organisational commitment variables dominate the turnover intentions of construction managers.

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Journal

Journal of construction research

Volume

7

Issue

1-2

Pagination

191 - 205

Publisher

World Scientific Publishing

Location

Singapore

ISSN

1609-9451

eISSN

1793-687X

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2006, World Scientific Publishing Company

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