Job Mobility in the Time of Recovery: An Examination of How Job Threats Influence Turnover Intentions

Abstract

The labor market has recovered from the lows induced by pandemic-era lockdowns, and this study seeks to determine how that recovery influences hospitality turnover. Drawing on Control Theory and the Threat-Rigidity Hypothesis, moderated associations were proposed between career variety and turnover intentions and grit and turnover intentions. The observed results supported the proposed theoretical explanation of job insecurity moderating the associations. Given low levels of job insecurity, people high in career variety were more likely to harbor high levels of turnover intentions and those with high levels of grit were less likely to harbor high turnover intentions. Theoretical contributions and practical implications are also discussed.