TY - JOUR
T1 - Stressful work, psychological job strain, and turnover: A 2-year prospective cohort study of truck drivers
AU - de Croon, Einar M.
AU - Sluiter, Judith K.
AU - Blonk, Roland W. B.
AU - Broersen, Jake P. J.
AU - Frings-Dresen, Monique H. W.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Based on a model that combines existing organizational stress theory and job transition theory, this 2-year longitudinal study examined antecedents and consequences of turnover among Dutch truck drivers. For this purpose, self-reported data on stressful work (job demands and control), psychological strain (need for recovery after work and fatigue), and turnover were obtained from 820 drivers in 1998 and 2000. In agreement with the model, the results showed that strain mediates the influence of stressful work on voluntary turnover. Also in conformity with the model, job movement to any job outside the trucking industry (i.e., interoccupational turnover) resulted in a larger strain reduction as compared to job movement within the trucking industry (intraoccupational turnover). Finally, strain was found to stimulate interoccupational turnover more strongly than it stimulated intraoccupational turnover. These findings provide a thorough validation of existing turnover theory and give new insights into the turnover (decision) process
AB - Based on a model that combines existing organizational stress theory and job transition theory, this 2-year longitudinal study examined antecedents and consequences of turnover among Dutch truck drivers. For this purpose, self-reported data on stressful work (job demands and control), psychological strain (need for recovery after work and fatigue), and turnover were obtained from 820 drivers in 1998 and 2000. In agreement with the model, the results showed that strain mediates the influence of stressful work on voluntary turnover. Also in conformity with the model, job movement to any job outside the trucking industry (i.e., interoccupational turnover) resulted in a larger strain reduction as compared to job movement within the trucking industry (intraoccupational turnover). Finally, strain was found to stimulate interoccupational turnover more strongly than it stimulated intraoccupational turnover. These findings provide a thorough validation of existing turnover theory and give new insights into the turnover (decision) process
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.89.3.442
DO - https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.89.3.442
M3 - Article
C2 - 15161404
SN - 0021-9010
VL - 89
SP - 442
EP - 454
JO - Journal of Applied Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Psychology
IS - 3
ER -