Paper Title
Why do Talents Stay? Time Perspective, Fit, and Organizational Support
Abstract
A paradox of human capital is that employees with greater capability can contribute to higher job performances, yet
such talents are frequently not easy to retain in organizations. It may cost an organization substantially to lose a mediocre
workforce, not to mention intelligent employees. This study investigates two three-way interaction effects of P-O fit/POS,
future time perspective, and human capital on turnover intention. A sample of 585 engineers and their immediate supervisors
is used to examine the hypothesized relationships. Research findings suggest that future time perspective reduces the positive
effect of human capital on turnover intention. I also find that there is a three-way interaction between P-O fit, future time
perspective, and human capital in such way that human capital predicts higher turnover intention when future time perspective
and P-O fir are low. The findings of this study improve our understanding of human capital retention.
Index Terms- Human capital, Perceived organizational support, Person-organization fit, Time perspective, Turnover
intention.