"HR Practices, Person-Organization Fit, and Turnover Intentions: The Moderating Role of Career Stage"

Abstract

In a three-wave longitudinal survey study among 396 Dutch university employees, we examined how and when high performance HR practices affect employees’ turnover intentions. Based on signaling and ASA theories, we proposed that PO fit is a mediator in this relationship, and that the relationships among high performance HR practices, PO fit, and turnover intentions differ across career stages. Our results confirm that PO fit is a mediator in the relationship between high performance HR practices and turnover intentions. Moreover, we found a moderating role of career stage in this relationship. As expected, high performance HR practices only lead to PO fit in the advancement stage, and PO fit only leads to turnover intentions in the establishment career stage. These findings have important implications for the literature on SHRM and PO fit.