Intention to Leave or Remain: Testing the Different Effects of Perceived Organizational Support and Job Satisfaction

Through one survey of 206 employees from diverse geographical areas in China, this study investigated the relationship among perceived organizational support, job satisfaction, intention to leave and intention to remain. The aim is to test the different effects of perceived organizational support and job satisfaction in predicting turnover intention and intention to remain. Results show that both job satisfaction and perceived organizational support are significantly negatively related to turnover intentions. Both job satisfaction and perceived organizational support are significantly positively related to intention to remain. However, perceived organizational support and job satisfaction have different importance in predicting intention to leave and intention to remain respectively. Job satisfaction can better predict intention to leave while perceived organizational support can better predict intention to remain.