Retention intention: does having a proactive personality matter?
ISSN: 0048-3486
Article publication date: 26 January 2021
Issue publication date: 29 March 2022
Abstract
Purpose
In this study, the authors examine how employees' retention intentions are related to their proactive personalities through the theoretical lens of the model of motivational force of turnover and the model of proactive motivation. More specifically, the authors also verify the partial mediation of work engagement on the main relationship and moderation of high-performance human resource practices (HPHRPs) in the process, which has rarely been explored previously.
Design/methodology/approach
The hypothesized model was tested using partial least squares structural equational modeling on a sample of 221 employees of a bank in Bangladesh.
Findings
The results showed that having a proactive personality is positively related to retention intentions due to enhanced work engagement. However, the effect of the interaction between having a proactive personality and HPHRPs was found to be not significant on work engagement and retention intention.
Originality/value
This study contributes to the literature by exploring the reason behind mixed results found in the relationship between having a proactive personality and retention intentions through work engagement as a mediator and HPHRPs as a contextual boundary condition in a single model.
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Acknowledgements
The authors are greatly indebted to Dr Mohammad Khasro Miah, North South University, Bangladesh, for his kind guidance and advice during the earlier stage of this research. The authors would also like to extend their gratitude to the Human Resource Director of the bank in Bangladesh for giving them permission and necessary support for data collection. A special word of gratitude to Yu Huajiang, All-China Federation of Trade Unions, for kindly reading an earlier version of this article and providing constructive feedback. Finally, the authors are grateful to the anonymous reviewers for kindly donating their time and providing the authors with their valuable comments.
Citation
Rezwan, R.B. and Takahashi, Y. (2022), "Retention intention: does having a proactive personality matter?", Personnel Review, Vol. 51 No. 2, pp. 528-542. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-02-2020-0073
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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