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May 25, 2026
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PSY 7625 - Employee Turnover and Retention
Introduces doctoral students to the research literature on organizational withdrawal, notably turnover. As distinguished motivational scholars (Katz & Kahn, 1978) long noted, organizations must not only motivate their members to perform their work roles effectively but also induce them to remain in these work roles. Indeed, employees who quit obviously cannot be productive or contribute effectively to their organization’s mission.
Requisites: PSY 6610
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Develop interventions to control withdrawal actions.
- Evaluate empirical studies of the causes and correlates of withdrawal and retention behavior.
- Examine methodological problems in researching withdrawal and retention behaviors.
- Identify definitional problems of withdrawal and retention behaviors.
- Understand complex theoretical formulations about withdrawal and retention etiology.
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