How proactive personality can decrease turnover intention: A moderated mediation model of justice perception and career adaptability in Taiwanese nurses

Authors: Chin-Tien Hsu, Wen-Ying Chang

Journal: Corporate Management Review. June. 2019, 39(2): 1-35.

Keywords: Career adaptability; justice perception; proactive personality; turnover intention; moderated mediation.

Abstract:
The conservation of resources theory is advanced by a joint investigation of the mediating role of (a) justice perception in linking proactive personality with turnover intention and (b) the moderating role of career adaptability in influencing the mediation. Using Preacher, Rucker, and Hayes’ (2007) moderated mediation framework, this research employs a sample of nurses from both district hospitals and medical centers (N = 200) who completed a questionnaire twice over an interval of seven days. The results indicate that justice perception mediates the relationships between proactive personality and turnover intention, and that career adaptability moderates the indirect effect among this relationship, such that the indirect effect is strong for individuals who have a high level of career adaptability. Theoretical and practical implications of our model are discussed.