Title: Unravelling the drivers of turnover intention to public sector enterprises

Authors: Punam Singh; Binod Kumar Rajak; Vimal Kumar; Pratima Verma

Addresses: School of Management Studies, University of Hyderabad Hyderabad, Telangana-500046, India ' Innovation and Creativity Management, Department of Management Studies, NALSAR University of Law, Justice City, Shameerpet, Hyderabad, Telangana-500101, India ' Department of Information Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Wufeng, Taichung-41349, Taiwan ' Department of Strategic Management, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 673570, India

Abstract: Managerial turnover is an important issue, yet research on employee turnover in the public sector needs to be more extensive. Thus, it reiterates the need to revisit the underlying cause for attrition in Indian public sector enterprises (PSEs). The study aims to identify the key drivers and their roles in public-sector enterprises. This investigation examines the facilitating role of job satisfaction (JS) between pay satisfaction dimensions (PS) and turnover intention (TOI) in the PSEs. The cross-sectional data are drawn from 667 executives from top-performing PSEs. The outcome of the analysis advocates that JS mediate the association between the PS and TOI. Thus, the results of this work unravel and shed light on the understanding of PS and TOI and the facilitating role of JS in public enterprises. The periodic pay revision and seniority-based promotion system must be addressed to create a culture of talent recognition and faster career progression.

Keywords: pay satisfaction; job satisfaction; turnover intention; public sector enterprises; PSEs; mediation; structural equation modelling; SEM.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPM.2024.137171

International Journal of Procurement Management, 2024 Vol.19 No.3, pp.336 - 353

Received: 13 Nov 2022
Accepted: 25 Dec 2022
Published online: 04 Mar 2024 *

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