Effects of locus of control and leader-member exchange (LMX) on turnover intention of detention guard officers--The moderation and mediation of affective commitment

碩士 === 嶺東科技大學 === 經營管理研究所 === 102 === The purpose of this study was to explore the demographic statistic variables of detention guard officers and the mechanism on their turnover intention. Thus, affective commitment was used to examine the mediation effects between LMX and turnover intention; as we...

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Main Authors: Kao Sung-Chin, 高松欽
Other Authors: Hsu Ko-Cheng
Format: Others
Language:zh-TW
Published: 2014
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/z27dvh
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Summary:碩士 === 嶺東科技大學 === 經營管理研究所 === 102 === The purpose of this study was to explore the demographic statistic variables of detention guard officers and the mechanism on their turnover intention. Thus, affective commitment was used to examine the mediation effects between LMX and turnover intention; as well as the influences on locus of control to detention guard officers’ turnover intention will be moderated by affective commitment. 250 subjects recruited from two detention centers in the north of Taiwan, and 228 surveys returned from the samples were identified to be valid. The data obtained by questionnaires were analyzed by descriptive statistics, hierarchical regression, and structure equation modeling. The results were as follows: 1. The analysis of mediation effects showed LMX can directly predict the turnover intention of detention guard officers; and affective commitment also can partly mediate the influences between LMX and turnover intention. That is, the higher scores on LMX, detention guard officers also have higher affective commitment on their own organization, and the lower turnover intention. 2. The analysis of moderate effects also revealed the locus of control can positively predict turnover intention; and affective commitment was negatively related to turnover intention; as well as the moderation effects by locus of control and affective commitment can significantly part predict turnover intention. That is, higher affective commitment can degrade the negative influences on internal locus of control to detention guard officers’ turnover intention.