Leadership style and turnover intention: The moderating role of supervisor trust

Abstract

Turnover Intention is a big issue for organizations because it costs huge capital investment in human resources. In United Arab Emirates (UAE), the turnover is higher than all other gulf countries and above the world average. Most of previous studies focused on the private sector and few examined the turnover in public sector. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of leadership style and trust in supervisor on the turnover intention. Data was collected from 101 respondents from public sector in UAE. The data will be analyzed using Smart Partial Least Square (PLS). The findings showed that leadership styles as well as transformational leadership and transactional leadership have negative effects on turnover intention. In addition, trust in supervisor has direct negative effect on turnover intention. Decision makers are recommended to implement the transformational leadership and to establish a trusting relationship with employees.