Antecedents of employee turnover intention in Indian automotive industry

Abstract

It is important for any organization to have favorable Human Resource Development Climate (HRDC) at the workplace. Because of changing global business scenario, organizations are facing tough competition. To remain economically viable in such business environment, there is a need for positive HRDC. The present study examines the impact of HRDC, affective organizational commitment, job satisfactionand employee performance on employee turnover intention. Data were collected from 457 employees working in various automotive industries across India. The structural equation modeling technique using Warp PLS 5.0 tool was used to analyze the data. The results reveal that HRDC has a significant role in predicting job satisfaction, employee performance, and affective organizational commitment. In turn, job satisfaction, employee performance, and affective organizational commitment had significant influence on turnover intention of employees. Further, affective organizational commitment shows significant positive relationship with job satisfaction, employee performance. The findings provide an important bearing in framing the HRD system in organizations, which may help HR managers to understand the existing practices in Indian automotive industries to achieve maximum HRD effectiveness.Limitations and implications of the study have been discussed.