Testing the Incremental Effect of Professional Commitment on Intent to Leave One's Profession beyond the Effects of External, Personal, and Work-Related Variables.

Blau, Gary; Lunz, Mary

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ERIC Number: EJ562137

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Publication Date: 1998

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Testing the Incremental Effect of Professional Commitment on Intent to Leave One's Profession beyond the Effects of External, Personal, and Work-Related Variables.

Blau, Gary; Lunz, Mary

Journal of Vocational Behavior, v52 n2 p260-69 Apr 1998

Data from a sample of recent medical technology graduates from 1993, 1994, and 1995 (n=457) indicated that younger, less satisfied, and male technologists had stronger intent to leave the profession. Professional commitment accounted for significant variance in intent to leave. (SK)

Descriptors: Career Change, Intention, Job Satisfaction, Labor Turnover, Medical Technologists

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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