THE INTENTION TO LEAVE: AN APPROACH THROUGH EMPLOYEE CAREER STAGE

Abstract

The numerous turnover models found in the Human
resource management literature illustrate the
importance of employee loyalty to the company.
The objective of this paper is to insert the career
stage of the employee in a classical turnover model
in order to measure its effect on his loyalty-building
factors.
For this purpose, surveys have been administered in
January 2011 to French employees from a FrancoAmerican company and from two French companies. The sample is composed of 478 respondents:
206 salespeople, 150 technicians, 76 support staff
and 46 undefined jobs. The studied population has a
low and medium qualification level (CAP/BEP/
BAC to BAC+2/BTs). Data are analyzed thanks to
the technique of structural equation modelling.
The results confirm (1) the central role of extrinsic
job satisfaction and affective organizational commitment in a turnover model and (2) the influence of
an individual’s career stage on his loyalty-building
factors. Eventually, the link between age or the different kinds of tenure and career stages is not systematic