Managers’ Turnover in the Public Sector—The Role of Psychosocial Working Conditions

Linda Corin, Erik Berntson and Annika Härenstam

International Journal of Public Administration, 2016, vol. 39, issue 10, 790-802

Abstract: An important challenge for public organizations is to attract and retain skilled managers. The present study explores how profiles of psychosocial working conditions, assessed by the combination of managerial-specific job demands and job resources, longitudinally predict managers’ turnover intentions and actual turnover in Swedish municipalities. Considerable effects of managers’ psychosocial working conditions on turnover intentions but not on actual turnover were found. Thus, poor working conditions may result in psychologically detached managers in public organizations, which may have considerable and costly effects on both the organizations and the managers, in terms of decreased commitment, performance, and impaired health.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2015.1035786

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