Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Year: 2017
Volume: 12
Issue: 8
Page No. 2238 - 2247

Can Employee Turnover Intentions Be Averted? Evaluation of Role of Job Satisfaction on the Relationship of Leader Member Exchange Dimensions and Employee Turnover Intentions

Authors : Riffat Noureen and Muzaffar Abbas

Abstract: Most studies on leader-member exchange theory vis-a-vis employees turnover intentions were carried out in western environment, no or a little empirical research work in this area has been carried out in Pakistani work environment. Education sector, its employees and leaders have never drawn the attention of the researchers to be tested empirically to see what practical relationships exists between employees and leaders. This research is an effort to evaluate these relationships especially in the higher education institutions being operational in public sector in Faisalabad (Pakistan) region. The facets of the study has duality in nature to evaluate if the turnover intentions of an employee can be averted by study the LMX dimensions impact on turnover intention? The other part encompasses to evaluating the job satisfaction impact on the employee intentions to quit a particular organization. Population of this research includes all the universities of public sector of Pakistan but the researchers adopt convenience sampling by focusing on public sector universities of Faisalabad region only. A detailed questionnaire incorporated with necessary statements related to the elements of LMX Model, characteristics of job satisfaction and parameters of turnover intentions was floated to 300 employees and a total of 200 responses received through successive follow up. SPSS data analysis tools have been applied to carryout detailed analysis and expression of data into results. Correlation and regression analyses techniques have been applied which resulted the regression coefficient as (ΔR2 = 0 .030). The findings based on this regression coefficient value satisfy us to exhibit the positivity of job satisfaction intervention in averting turnover intentions of employees under best LMX relationship.

How to cite this article:

Riffat Noureen and Muzaffar Abbas, 2017. Can Employee Turnover Intentions Be Averted? Evaluation of Role of Job Satisfaction on the Relationship of Leader Member Exchange Dimensions and Employee Turnover Intentions. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 12: 2238-2247.

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