Another Look at The Relationship Between Performance and Voluntary Turnover

Authors

Chuck R. Williams, Butler UniversityFollow
Linda P. Livingstone

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1994

Publication Title

Academy of Management Journal

First Page

269

Last Page

298

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/256830

Abstract

This study reexamined the critical relationship between performance and voluntary turnover. A meta-analysis based on 55 studies and a total sample size of 15,138 supported these conclusions: the negative relationship between performance and turnover is robust and unaffected by unemployment rates and the length of lime between measurements of the two variables. The negative performance-turnover relationship was stronger in organizations using performance-contingent rewards, and support was found for a U-shaped relationship. This study also compared and contrasted three different meta-analytic techniques.

Rights

Version of record can be found through Academy of Management.

Recommended Citation

Williams, Chuck R. and Livingstone, Linda P., "Another Look at The Relationship Between Performance and Voluntary Turnover" (1994). Scholarship and Professional Work - Business. 202.
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/cob_papers/202