Does Career Growth really Matter to Knowledge Employees? A Mechanism Research Exploration of Perceived Career Growth Opportunities on Turnover Intention of Knowledge Employees

The turnover behavior of knowledge employees has a great influence on the enterprises. In view of the knowledge employees' general need to pursue self-growth, this paper focuses on the relationship between perceived career growth opportunities and the turnover intention of knowledge employees. On the basis of literature review, our paper put forward the following hypotheses: perceived career growth opportunities negatively affect the turnover intention of knowledge employees; organizational commitment mediates the relationship between career growth and turnover intention and also positive mood has also been posited to moderate the relationship between organizational commitment and turnover intention.