Voluntarily Leaving an Organization: An Empirical Investigation of Steers and Mowday's Model of Turnover

Abstract

This study tested propositions derived from Steers and Mow day's (1981) model. A group of 445 employees of a financial institution responded to a mailed survey. Through access to their personnel records, we obtained data on their job performance and their subsequently staying with or leaving the organization. Results indicated that met expectations, jab values, job attitudes, intention to leave the organization, and actual leaving were related to many, though not all, theorized antecedent variables.