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- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing
- Copyright
- Copyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- ISSN
- 1055-3185
- DOI
- 10.1108/eb028858
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
The authors explore turnover tendencies among expatriate employees in Saudi Arabia They 1 discuss the novelty of expatriates in Saudi Arabia 2 review the literature on employee turnover tendency and its correlatesjob satisfaction and employee characteristics 3 hypothesize a negative relationship between extrinsic job satisfaction and expatriate turnover tendencies, a negative relationship between general job satisfaction and expatriate turnover tendencies, no relationship between intrinsic job satisfaction and expatriate turnover tendencies, and no relationship between expatriate characteristics and expatriate turnover tendencies, and 4 empirically lest the hypotheses with a sample of expatriate employees. Results provide strong support for most of the hypotheses except pay, one of the extrinsic job satisfaction variables, and job feedback, one of the intrinsic job satisfaction variables.
Journal
The International Journal of Organizational Analysis – Emerald Publishing
Published: Apr 1, 1996