The impact of job satisfaction on turnover intent: a test of a structural measurement model using a national sample of workers

EG Lambert, NL Hogan, SM Barton�- The Social Science Journal, 2001 - Elsevier
For the past century, worker turnover has been of keen interest for both managers and
researchers. Based upon the literature, a structural measurement model incorporating four
core antecedents of turnover (ie, demographic characteristics, work environment, job
satisfaction, and turnover intent) was developed and tested using a national sample of
American workers. The results indicate that the work environment is more important in
shaping worker job satisfaction than are demographic characteristics, and that job�…