Role Ambiguity, Goal Orientation and Turnover Intention among Faculty Members of Private Sector Universities

Samreen Gilani,Anum Rabbani Anum Rabbani

doi:10.47577/tssj.v5i1.143

Samreen Gilani, Anum Rabbani Anum Rabbani

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https://doi.org/10.47577/tssj.v5i1.143

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Abstract

The research was conducted to examine the relationship between, role ambiguity, goal orientation and turnover intention among faculty members of private sector universities and also to find out the moderating role of goal orientation in the relationship between role ambiguity and turnover intention. It was hypothesized that there would be a significant relationship among role ambiguity, goal orientation and turnover intention. It was also hypothesized that role ambiguity would predict turnover intention among teachers of private sector universities. Another hypothesis was that goal orientation would moderate the relationship between role ambiguity and turnover intention. And last hypothesis was that there would be significant relationship among demographic variables, role ambiguity, goal orientation and turnover intention. A sample of 250 faculty members (N = 250) age 30-45 (125 Male; 50%, 125 Females; 50%) of different private sector universities of Lahore was taken. The Role Ambiguity Scale (Rizzo et al., 1970), Goal Orientation Scale (Button, Mathieu & Zajac, 1996) and the Turnover Intention Scale (Roodt, 2004) were used to measure the study variables. Correlation analysis showed that there is positive relationship between role ambiguity and goal orientation. Role ambiguity and turnover intention have negative correlation. The results also showed that there is negative relationship between goal orientation and turnover intention. Findings also revealed role ambiguity to be the most significant predictor of turnover intention. Results also reported that there were non- significant gender difference in role ambiguity, goal orientation and turnover intention. The study can be implicated for many people including psychologists, teachers, researchers, business administrators, industrial workers and employees also helpful for them as well as their family.

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Firms increasingly understood that workers were the way to their prosperity and view manager Workers relationship as a commonly helpful procedure
A sample of 250 faculty members (125 men, 125 women) were selected from privatesector Lahore universities in the chapter analyzing and interpreting collected data in order to define the relationship of role ambiguity, goal orientation and turnover intention
Table shows that the alpha reliability of role ambiguity is excellent, cronbachs α .90.This scale has 6 items and the mean score is M=24.97(SD=4.68).The table shows that the alpha reliability of goal orientation is excellent, cronbachs α .94.This scale has 15 items and the mean score is M=73.85(SD=12.02).Further table indicates that the alpha reliability of turnover intention is excellent, cronbachs α .92.This scale has 15 items and the mean score is M=39.66(SD=13.08)

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Firms increasingly understood that workers were the way to their prosperity and view manager Workers relationship as a commonly helpful procedure. Hierarchical publication characterized how a firm tended to the benefits of its workers and in what way that was imitated to its greatest advantage. Authoritative assimilation assisted both the firm and his Workers to address their issues (Chow, 2006). The main time frame linking a firm is basic for innovative Workers. Because of the way that another worker may confront a situation once they link the firm, the firm would focus upon the most capable method to lessen his/her exposure and fear. Public firms with different workers are essential during the time spent authoritative publication (Kato, 2010)

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