Peran masa kerja pada hubungan antara kepuasan kerja dan intensi meninggalkan organisasi pada guru sekolah swasta

Abstract

Job satisfaction has been empirically known to be a strong predictor of turnover intentions. However, previous studies have also found that other variables moderated the relationship between job satisfaction and turnover intentions. Drawing on the side-bet theory, this research aimed to examine the role of the duration of employment at the current school in the relationship between job satisfaction and turnover intentions. Participants were 239 K12 teachers from private schools in Jakarta and its surroundings, who were recruited through convenient sampling. The design of this research was a correlational study and the findings revealed that first, job satisfaction was negatively related to turnover intentions, denoting that the higher the job satisfaction, the lower the turnover intentions. The second finding showed that the duration of employment played a significant moderator in the relationship between the two variables. In particular, the negative correlation between job satisfaction and turnover intentions was more pronounced among participants with a long duration of employment than participants with a short duration of employment. The results of this research imply that in line with the side-bet theory, individuals tend to be unwilling to sacrifice what they get from an organization they work for despite having low levels of job satisfaction.