동료의 직무탐색행동이 구성원들의 이직의도에 미치는 영향 - 외적 네트워크 행동과 동료성과의 조절효과를 중심으로 -

Abstract

This study aims to explore the effect of colleague’s job search behavior on other members' turnover intentions. As the team system expands to a universal organizational structure, relationships with colleagues in the organization are becoming more important, and colleagues' actions have a great influence on individual attitudes and decision-making. Previous research on individual turnover intention is usually explained by the individual decision-making process of members, but there are only handful of studies on the effect of the relational aspect with colleagues. This study predicted that individual turnover intentions are affected by job search activities of colleague's turnover-related behaviors, and the degree of influence will vary depending on external networking behaviors of members and the performance level of a colleague who shows job search behaviors. Specifically, the more external networking behavior is performed, the weaker the effect of colleague’s job search behaviors on one's turnover intention, and the stronger the effect of colleague’s job search behaviors on one's turnover intention when the colleague's performance level is similar to member’s. The following results were obtained in this study. First, it was found that the job search behavior of colleagues had a statistically significant positive effect on individual turnover intention. Second, the external network behavior of the members showed a moderating effect that alleviated the relationship between the colleague's job search behavior and turnover intention. Based on these results, this paper presented theoretical and practical implications and discussed limitations and future research directions.