TITLE

A CATASTROPHE MODEL OF EMPLOYEE WITHDRAWAL LEADING TO LOW JOB PERFORMANCE, HIGH ABSENTEEISM, AND JOB TURNOVER DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT

AUTHOR(S)
Sheridan, John E.
PUB. DATE
March 1985
SOURCE
Academy of Management Journal;Mar1985, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p88
SOURCE TYPE
Academic Journal
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
A catastrophe model of employee withdrawal indicates that declining job performance, ahsenteeism, and turnover are discontinuous behavioral outcomes of the same withdrawal phenomenon arising from varying levels of job tension and group cohesion. The advantages of using catastrophe models to describe the temporal changes in employee withdrawal over a relatively short time period are discussed.
ACCESSION #
4377105

Tags: EMPLOYEES -- Attitudes -- Research;  JOB performance;  EMPLOYEE morale -- Research;  LABOR turnover -- Psychological aspects;  ABSENTEEISM (Labor) -- Psychological aspects;  JOB satisfaction -- Psychological aspects;  PERSONNEL management -- Psychological aspects;  ORGANIZATIONAL behavior -- Psychological aspects;  INTERORGANIZATIONAL relations;  CONFLICT management -- Psychological aspects

 

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