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Factors Affecting the Turnover Intentions of Small and Medium Construction IT Workers

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The aim of this study is to measure job embeddedness(fit, links, sacrifice) and work satisfaction(career satisfaction, job satisfaction) and figure out their relations to turnover intention, targeting small and medium construction IT workers through the related research. Through analytical research, three hypotheses are adopted; the more sacrifice, the higher career satisfaction, and the higher job satisfaction the employees have, the less turnover intention they have. However, these two hypotheses are rejected: the higher small and medium construction IT workers’ embeddedness(fit and links), the lower turnover intention. The results of this research can be used to identify the factors affecting turnover intention, especially in the small and medium construction IT industries, and to actually lower turnover intention.

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  1. Venture & Business, Gyeongnam National Universtiy of Science and Technology, 150, Chilam-dong, Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, 660-758, Republic of Korea

    Dong Hwan Cho

  2. Management Information System, Gyeongsang National University, 900, Gazwa-dong, Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, 660-701, Republic of Korea

    Haeng Nam Sung

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  1. Multimedia Engineering Department, Hannam University, 133 Ojeong-dong, Daeduk-gu, Daejeon, Korea

    Tai-hoon Kim

  2. The Ohio State University, 470 Hitchcock Hall, 2070 Neil Avenue, 43210-1275, Columbus, OH, USA

    Hojjat Adeli

  3. Chungwoon University, 350-701, Chungnam, Korea

    Hyun-seob Cho

  4. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia, Via Vanvitelli, 1, 06123, Perugia, Italy

    Osvaldo Gervasi

  5. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Arizona State University, 85281, Mesa, AZ, USA

    Stephen S. Yau

  6. School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia

    Byeong-Ho Kang

  7. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain

    Javier GarcĂ­a Villalba

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Cho, D.H., Sung, H.N. (2011). Factors Affecting the Turnover Intentions of Small and Medium Construction IT Workers. In: Kim, Th., et al. Grid and Distributed Computing. GDC 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 261. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27180-9_37

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