Social support and leaving intention among computer professionals |
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| Affiliation: | 1. State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Henan Province Key Laboratory of Gas Geology and Gas Control, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454003, China;2. Collaborative Innovation Center of Coal Safety Production of Henan Province, Jiaozuo 454003, China;3. Henan Province Key Laboratory of Biogenic Traces and Sedimentary Minerals, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454003, China;4. School of Resources and Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing 100083, China;1. School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing 100083, China;2. State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing 100083, China;1. Biomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia, 2222 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada;2. National Core for Neuroethics, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia Hospital, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver BC, V6T 2B5, Canada;1. Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland;2. Ypso-Facto, 10 Viaduc Kennedy, 54000 Nancy, France |
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| Abstract: | Although prior studies have established a number of reasons why computer professionals leave their organizations, they have rarely suggested that lack of social support may be one reason. This study attempted to explain why social support is salient to computer professionals’ leaving intention. It developed a model that posits that (i) social support is positively related to job satisfaction, (ii) social support is negatively related to leaving intention, and (iii) social affiliation needs moderate the relationship between social support and leaving intention. The model was tested using data from a questionnaire. The results indicated that social support from supervisor and colleagues were negatively related to leaving intention for computer professionals with high social affiliation needs, and that job satisfaction mediated the relationship between social support and leaving intention. Social support from family and friends was not related to leaving intention, but it was positively related to job satisfaction. |
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