Factors Affecting Foreign Workers' Turnover Intentions

JUNG,, M. , & HWANG,, G. (2019). Factors Affecting Foreign Workers' Turnover Intentions. The Journal of Industrial Distribution & Business, 10(11), 25-34, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.13106/ijidb.2019.vol10.no11.25

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Abstract

Purpose: As the proportion of foreigners participating in the domestic labor market is gradually increasing, problems caused by social and cultural differences have also been expressed. As such, the purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of organizational justice and social support on psychological and cultural adaptation and its effect on turnover intention. Research design, data and methodology: The data was collected for foreign workers who visited the Foreign Workers Support Center operated by the Korea Human Resources Development Service. A total of 224 data were analyzed from March 1 to March 30, 2019 and was analyzed through frequency analysis for basic work environment of foreign workers, factor analysis for reliability and validity of variables, and overall structural model analysis. Results: Organizational fairness did not appear to affect psychological adaptation and significant cultural adaptation but social support had a significant effect. Psychological adjustment did not affect turnover intention, and cultural adaptation had a significant effect on turnover intention. Conclusions: Thus, in order to reduce the intention of turnover and adapt well to the working environment, it would be more efficient to find ways to raise the level of psychological adaptation by strengthening social support rather than organizational fairness.

keywords: Organizational Justice, Social Support, Psychological Adaptation, Cultural Adaptation, Turnover Intention

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Factors Affecting Foreign Workers' Turnover Intentions

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