02270nam a22001697a 4500999001900000008004100019100004300060245005200103260005400155300003200209520150600241650015801747773005301905906002801958942000701986952010701993  c517389d517389210712b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aHur, Hyungjo and Hawley, Joshua926597  aTurnover behavior among US government employees  aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences    a86(4), Dec, 2020: p.641-656  aHigh employee turnover is a critical policy issue for public managers to solve. The US government is concerned about slowing turnover rates, which have accelerated from 14–15% to more than 18% since the Great Recession. Explanations for increases in employee departure are more difficult to pin down. The expected wave of baby-boomer retirements did not materialize and cannot explain turnover. The impact of the Great Recession on employment makes it more difficult to theorize about the relationship between employee–organizational fit and turnover. This study analyzes US government employees’ turnover using data from the 2003, 2006, 2010, and 2013 editions of the National Survey of College Graduates. The data provide a unique opportunity to study cohorts of US government workers before and after the recession. Statistical models of employee turnover focus on comparing the factors that lead to employee departure. The exodus of workers from government offices can be explained more by the fit between the individual and organizational needs than by a mismatch between the skills required in the job and the needs of the organization. The results show that when there is a mismatch between individual skill level and the skills in their job, individuals are more likely to move within government. Workers that made job changes after the recession (2010–2013) had a greater gap in organizational fit than those that made job changes prior to the recession (2003–2006). – Reproduced   aEmployee attitudes, Behavior, and motivation, Organizational behavior and development, Turnover and organizational mobility, Workplace environment925062  aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences   aORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOR  cAR  00102ddc40709391455aIIPAbIIPAd2021-07-12h86(4), Dec, 2020: p.641-656pAR124728r2021-07-12yAR