The Effects of Job Embeddedness in Chinese Context: A Meta-analytic Investigation

Abstract

Abstract: The study aims to systematically examine the effects of job embeddedness's scale validity, overall level, two fields (organization and community) and three dimensions (links, fit and sacrifice) on staff turnover, and the moderation of the relationship between job embeddedness and staff turnover. In addition, we explore the effects of job embeddedness on related organizational outcomes such as performance and job satisfaction, filling in gaps in previous researches. We perform a meta-analysis of 45,419 samples from 150 independent studies. Specifically, we find that job embeddedness has a high negative impact on turnover intention. The composite and global measure of job embeddedness do not influence the relationship between job embeddedness and turnover intention. Links, fit and sacrifice significantly affect turnover intention. The effect of organizational fit is the largest. Compared with non-new generation employees, job embeddedness of new generation employees has a lower impact on turnover intention. Job embeddedness is positively correlated with various types of performance (job performance, task performance, contextual performance, organizational citizenship behavior and innovation behavior) and employees' positive attitude and cognition (job satisfaction, organizational commitment, organizational identification and job engagement). Finally, we discuss the theoretical and practical implications of these findings.

Key words: Chinese context, job embeddedness, organizational embeddedness, community embeddedness, staff turnover, meta-analysis

Yang Chunjiang, Chen Yashuo, Zhao Xinyuan, Chen Aobo. The Effects of Job Embeddedness in Chinese Context: A Meta-analytic Investigation[J]. Management Review, 2022, 34(7): 255-267.

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