Should I stay or should I go? Explaining turnover intentions with organizational identification and job satisfaction

TLDR: In this article, the authors propose that the relationship between identification and turnover will be mediated by job satisfaction as the more specific evaluation of ones task and working conditions, which in turn predicts turnover intentions.

Abstract: The social identity approach is a powerful theoretical framework for the understanding of individuals behaviour The main argument is that individuals think and act on behalf of the group they belong to because this group membership adds to their social identity, which partly determines ones self-esteem In the organizational world, social identity and self-categorization theories state that a strong organizational identification is associated with low turnover intentions Because identification is the more general perception of shared fate between employee and organization, we propose that the relationship between identification and turnover will be mediated by job satisfaction as the more specific evaluation of ones task and working conditions In four samples we found organizational identification feeding into job satisfaction, which in turn predicts turnover intentions