Determinants of turnover intentions among Chinese off farm migrants

Title: Determinants of turnover intentions among Chinese off farm migrants
Creator: Smyth, Russell; Zhai, Qing-guo; Li, Xiaoxu
Date: 2009
Type: Text; Journal article
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/40506
Identifier: vital:5053
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10644-008-9067-z
Identifier: ISSN:1574-0277
Abstract: This study examines the determinants of turnover intentions of off farm migrant workers, using data collected from China’s Jiangsu Province. Turnover intention is posited to be a function of demographic/human capital characteristics, job characteristics and job satisfaction. We find that higher levels of education have a positive effect on reported turnover intentions, while higher income and job satisfaction have a negative effect on turnover intentions. To the extent turnover intentions represent a good proxy for actual turnover, the results can be viewed as providing reliable predictors of job mobility among off farm migrant workers at a time when there is a growing shortage of such workers in China’s coastal provinces.
Relation: Economic change and restructuring Vol. 42, no. 3 (2009), p. 189-209
Rights: Copyright Springer
Rights: This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject: 1402 Applied Economics; China; Migrants; Turnover
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