ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND PROPENSITY TO LEAVE - A MULTIVARIATE INVESTIGATION OF MEN AND WOMEN MANAGERS

This study explored sex differences in managers' workplace experiences and affective responses to their jobs and the contribution of these v ariables to their propensity to leave organizations. Differences in re asons for leaving were also investigated. A sample of 303 women and 23 8 men responded to a survey which measured personal, organizational, a nd positional attributes, as well as met expectations, reasons for lea ving, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and intention to le ave. An ANCOVA controlling for differences in age and experience showe d sex differences in marital status, number of children, income, perce ptions of job demands, and met expectations. Hierarchical regressions found no differences in the contribution of the variables to quit inte ntions. Position characteristics, commitment and satisfaction were imp ortant predictors of turnover intentions for both men and women. The r esults support situation-centered rather than person-centered explanat ions for apparent sex differences. (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.