Job Performance and Turnover Decisions: Two Field Studies

Hypotheses involving relationships between job performance and turnover decisions were tested in two settings within the context of an integrated model. In an initial test with a sample of manufacturing operatives, support was foundfor (a) a curvilinear relationship between performance and turnover intentions, and (b) a satisfaction X performance interaction in predicting such intentions. A second test of the same hypotheses, using actual turnover as a criterion, was conducted for first-line manufacturing supervisors. Only the curvilinear hypothesis received support.