The turnover contagion process
An integrative review of theoretical and empirical research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12168024 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caitlin M Porter (0000-0002-4726-2871, Department of Management University of Memphis Memphis Tennessee USA, corresponding author), James R Rigby (0000-0002-5611-6307, Department of Psychology University of Houston Houston Texas USA), James Rigby (0000-0003-0866-9035, University of Houston) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 212-228 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Organizational Behavior (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0894-3796 • E-ISSN: 1099-1379 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/job.2483 |
| OpenAlex | W3087285656 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 76 |
Employee turnover has long been considered a prominent concern for managers because it is associated with expenses, such as loss of productivity and replacement costs. Moreover, employee turnover is also detrimental to an organization because it may stimulate additional incidents of turnover within the workplace. That is, employee turnover can be “contagious” in that employees tend to imitate the turnover‐related attitudes and behaviors of their coworkers. To date, the “turnover contagion” phenomenon has been investigated from multiple perspectives, splintering this research into several, seemingly distinct topics. Because of such diverse approaches to studying the spread of turnover, we lack a clear perspective on what turnover contagion is, how the turnover contagion process unfolds, and how to manage it. To resolve the ambiguities surrounding the turnover contagion process, we review 42 research papers relevant to the turnover contagion process. Based on our review, we present an integrated perspective on “turnover contagion” that clearly delineates this phenomenon, describes what the extant research says about how coworker turnover processes impact employees' propensities to leave, and offers future research directions with the potential to deepen our understanding and management of turnover contagion
Business · Economics · Emotional contagion · Extant taxon · Management · Perspective (graphical · Phenomenon · Process (computing · Productivity · Turnover · Employment and Welfare Studies · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Violence and Bullying
Rumors killing
Turnover reasons are more complex than “people quit bosses”
Utilizing the approach-avoidance perspective to understand turnover rationales of former police officers in Trinidad and Tobago
The mediating effect of job satisfaction on the relationship between perceived overqualification, turnover intention and job performance among call center employees
To escape the pain
Every Sherlock needs a Dr. Watson
New Directions for Theories for Why Employees Stay or Leave
Furloughed Employees’ Voluntary Turnover
Transitioning over the thin blue line
Well—That was a surprise
Employee-organization linkages
Introduction to Spatial Econometrics
Turnover and Retention Research
Functional relations among constructs in the same content domain at different levels of analysis
The snowball effect
A Routine Flame-Photometric Determination of Organic Chloride
Toward a theory of behavioral contagion.
Even the best laid plans sometimes go askew
A Meta-Analysis of Antecedents and Correlates of Employee Turnover
Measurement‐Burst Designs for Social Health Research
Turnover Contagion
Organizing and the Process of Sensemaking
Virtual Levels and Role Models
The Role of Social Networks in Getting a Job
Individual and group determinants of employee absenteeism
A time‐lagged investigation of the impact of coworker behavior on the effects of demographic dissimilarity
Turnover begets turnover
The development of a process model of collective turnover
The Social Relations Model
A Theory of Social Comparison Processes
The friendship network as a decision-making resource
Why People Gossip
Theory and research concerning social comparisons of personal attributes
Network Studies of Social Influence
Leaving in Droves
Predicting Employee Turnover From Communication Networks
Social Contagion and Innovation
Threshold Models of Collective Behavior
Social Capital at Work
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |