Job Attitudes and Turnover Intentions Among Professionals in Different Work Settings

1 July 1986

journal article
Published by SAGE Publications in Organization Studies

Vol. 7 (3) , 279-293
https://doi.org/10.1177/017084068600700305

Abstract

A model dealing with the effects of the professional and organizational commitments of Certified Public Accountants, or of other work-related attitudes and intent to leave, is examined in three different employment settings in California: self-employed CPAs, CPAs employed in professional organizations and CPAs employed in non-professional organizations. These commitments and work-related attitudes were found to have different effects on intentions to leave in the different work settings. These findings suggest that the generality of prevalent withdrawal models ought to be reconsidered and that theoretical adjustments ought to be made for differences in settings.

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