AGE AND VOLUNTARY TURNOVER - A QUANTITATIVE REVIEW

The bivariate relationship between chronological age and voluntary tur nover was examined. Using a database that spans the years 1959-1993 an d contains 46 samples with a total of 42,625 individuals, meta-analyse s were performed. In contrast to previous reviews (Cotton and Tuttle, 1986; Rhodes, 1983), the relationship between age and turnover was sma ll and near zero (rho = -.08). Job tenure did not appear to moderate t he relationship to any substantial extent. We conclude that age is not meaningfully related to an individual's decision to leave an organiza tion.