The implication from this study that satisfaction and commitment have a
spurious relationship due to common determinants suggests the need for
revising models of turnover, which often include satisfaction and commitment
as intervening variables. Furthermore, this research suggests a few of the
proposed determinants of satisfaction and commitment often included in
models of turnover may have limited influences on the two employee orientations.
While this study extends existing research on the turnover process,
especially the work of Price and Mueller and their colleagues, further studies
are needed to elaborate the assumptions and conditions linking satisfaction
and commitment.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS