AN EXPLORATORY INVESTIGATION INTO THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PROMOTIONAND TURNOVER - A QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL LONGITUDINAL-STUDY

Employee movement out of the organization has been examined extensivel y, but unfortunately, research on employee movement inside the organiz ation is less pervasive. The study reported here uses a longitudinal q uasi-experimental design to investigate the relationships of a selecte d set of work-related attitudes to promotion and turnover in a sample of 157 salespeople. Results indicate that the relationships between th e internal/external movement of the employee and several key job relat ed attitudes (organizational commitment, propensity to leave, promotio n satisfaction) as well as salary vary over time. In addition, there w ere significant differences between groups (promoted stayers and non-p romoted leavers) for satisfaction with supervisor, and time had a sign ificant effect on all dependent variables (except job anxiety).