WHY PEOPLE STAY: USING JOB EMBEDDEDNESS TO PREDICT VOLUNTARY TURNOVER.

A new construct, entitled "job embeddedness," is introduced.It includes individuals' (1) links to other people, teams, and groups, (2) perceptions of their fít witb job, organization, and community, and (3) what they say they would bave to sacrifice if they left tbeir jobs.We developed a measure of job embeddedness witb two samples.Tbe results sbow tbat job embeddedness predicts tbe key outcomes of botb intent to leave and "voluntary turnover" and explains significant incremental variance over and above job satisfaction, organizational commitment, job alternatives, and job searcb.