Adverse workplace conditions, high-involvement work practices and labor turnover: Evidence from Danish linked employer–employee data

Elena Cottini (), Takao Kato and Niels Westergaard-Nielsen
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Niels Westergaard-Nielsen ()

Labour Economics, 2011, vol. 18, issue 6, 872-880

Abstract: Using Danish linked employer–employee data, we find that: (i) exposing the worker to physical hazards leads to a 3 percentage point increase in the probability of voluntary turnover from the average rate of 18%; (ii) working in night shift results in an 11-percentage point hike; and (iii) having an unsupportive boss leads to a 6-percentage point jump. High involvement work practices are found to play a significant role in mitigating the adverse effects of workplace hazards. Finally, the worker under adverse workplace conditions is found to improve the 5-year odds of rectifying such workplace adversities by quitting the firm.

Keywords: Employee turnover; Workplace conditions; Human resource management; High-involvement work system; High-performance work system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J28 J5 J63 J81 M5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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Working Paper: Adverse Workplace Conditions, High-Involvement Work Practices and Labor Turnover: Evidence from Danish Linked Employer-Employee Data (2009)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2011.07.003

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