FITTING JOB-PERFORMANCE INTO TURNOVER MODEL - AN EXAMINATION OF THE FORM OF THE JOB PERFORMANCE-TURNOVER RELATIONSHIP AND A PATH MODEL

Linear and curvilinear components of job performance were studied in r elation to turnover. Neither the linear nor the curvilinear hypothesis was supported as job performance was unrelated to turnover. Other hig her-order effects were also not evident as job satisfaction did not mo derate the job performance-turnover relationship. Using a path model, indirect linkages between job performance and job satisfaction and job performance and job search were investigated. Niether linkage was sup ported suggesting that job performance is not central to the turnover process. Implications of these findings for future research were discu ssed.