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Effects of Psychological Capital and Gratitude on Employees Intention to Leave: The Role of Job Satisfaction  

EFFENDI, Meizar (Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Brawijaya University)
NIMRAN, Umar (Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Brawijaya University)
UTAMI, Hamidah Nayati (Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Brawijaya University)
AFRIANTY, Tri Wulida (Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Brawijaya University)
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The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business / v.8, no.2, 2021 , pp. 1125-1134 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigated development of Intention to Leave concept or model, by positioning psychological capital and gratitude, and job satisfaction as mediator to Intention to Leave. It is expected that findings contribute to Human Resource Management theories, specifically ones which are related to employee behavior. This study used qualitative approach in which survey and questionnaires were employed during data collection. This study was conducted in PT. Pupuk Kalimantan Timur located in Bontang, East Kalimantan. PT. Pupuk Kalimantan Timur was selected as the setting since it has had a lot of achievement. Population was 500 employees of PT. Pupuk Kalimantan Timur in Bontang, while total samples were 250. This study uses a sampling technique of proportional stratified random sampling. Data analysis methods were descriptive and quantitative. Inferential statistics, namely Generalized Structured Component Analysis (GSCA) were used to confirm model developed based on empirical data. This study showed that there is a significant and positive influence between Psychology Capital (X1) on Job Satisfaction (Y1) and Gratitude (X2) on Job Satisfaction (Y1). Gratitude is the strongest influencing variable on job satisfaction. Meanwhile, a significant but negative effect between Job Satisfaction (Y1) on Intention to Leave (Y2). This means that high job satisfaction will reduce the intention to leave.
Keywords
Gratitude; Psychological Capital; Job Satisfaction; Intention to Leave;
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