THE LINKAGES BETWEEN PROCEDURAL JUSTICE AND JOB EMBEDDEDNESS ON TURNOVER INTENTION: MODERATING ROLE OF PERSONALITY

The phenomenon of employee turnover intention is a significant issue at work; however, Malaysia is equally suffering a similar problem. Empirical evidence has shown that employee turnover is more popular among public sector employees (academicians). Turnover-related studies are typically undertaken on nurses rather than in the academic field. Even though various studies involved academics, their studies mostly highlighted the relationship with job satisfaction. In this context, the moderation effect of personality dimensions between job embeddedness and turnover intention will help address employee turnover problems. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between job embeddedness (fit, links and sacrifice) and procedural justice with the turnover intention among academic staff in Malaysia's public universities. This study also examined whether personality moderated job embeddedness and turnover intention. A total of 734 data were collected from a sample of academic staff in five public research universities. This study found that the dimensions of the sacrifice of the job embeddedness were significantly negatively related to the turnover intention. It was also found that personality does not moderate the relationship between job embeddedness and turnover intention. The results also showed that procedural justice was negatively related to turnover intention among academic staff. The implications of the theory and practice and suggestions lead to future discussion.