An empirical investigation of the antecedents and consequences of job insecurity on the turnover intentions of academic accountants

A recent study examines the effects of job insecurity, potential antecedents of job insecurity, and potential consequences of job insecurity on the intentions of academic accountants to seek alternative employment. Path analysis indicates that the turnover intentions of accounting faculty are directly affected by organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and job insecurity. In addition, it appears that role ambiguity has a relatively important indirect influence on faculty turnover intentions. These results indicate that departmental administrators wanting to reduce the turnover intentions of their faculty should take appropriate measures to: 1. increase the levels of organizational commitment and job satisfaction of their faculty, and 2. reduce the levels of role ambiguity and job insecurity held by their faculty.