Professional employee retention: Examining the relationships between organizational citizenship behavior and turnover cognitions

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between organizational citizenship behaviour, intention to search a job, intention to leave the organization, and the profession. Using a sample of social workers (N = 327), findings show that while intention to leave the employer is explained by helping, civic virtue and sportsmanship, intention to leave the profession is explained only by civic virtue and sportsmanship. The implications of the findings are discussed.