Title
Stressful work, psychological job strain, and turnover: A 2-year prospective cohort study of truck drivers
Author
de Croon, E.M.
Sluiter, J.K.
Blonk, R.W.B.
Broersen, J.P.J.
Frings-Dresen, M.H.W.
Publication year
2004
Abstract
Based on a model that combines existing organizational stress theory and job transition theory, this 2-year longitudinal study examined antecedents and consequences of turnover among Dutch truck drivers. For this purpose, self-reported data on stressful work (job demands and control), psychological strain (need for recovery after work and fatigue), and turnover were obtained from 820 drivers in 1998 and 2000. In agreement with the model, the results showed that strain mediates the influence of stressful work on voluntary turnover. Also in conformity with the model, job movement to any job outside the trucking industry (i.e., interoccupational turnover) resulted in a larger strain reduction as compared to job movement within the trucking industry (intraoccupational turnover). Finally, strain was found to stimulate interoccupational turnover more strongly than it stimulated intraoccupational turnover. These findings provide a thorough validation of existing turnover theory and give new insights into the turnover (decision) process.
Subject
Workplace
Arbeidsparticipatie
Car driving
Cohort analysis
Mental stress
Personnel management
Adult
Automobile Driving
Cohort Studies
Humans
Job Satisfaction
Male
Occupations
Personnel Turnover
Stress, Psychological
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.89.3.442
TNO identifier
237786
ISSN
0021-9010
Source
Journal of Applied Psychology, 89 (3), 442-454
Document type
article