Collective Turnover and Organizational Performance : Re-examining the Moderating Role of Collectivist Culture

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to re-examine the relationship among collective turnover, collectivist culture, and organizational performance at the organizational level. A moderation model was developed and tested on a sample of 346 firms from the most recent Human Capital Corporate Panel and Korea Investors Service. Our results showed that the negative effects of collective turnover on organizational performance was found to be significant only in organizations with low levels of collectivist culture. In other words, we did not obtain the same or similar results in follow-up studies, which means that the results of the previous study (Oh and Kim, 2022) are less likely to be generalized. Hence, more studies are needed to accumulate empirical evidence on the moderating roles of collectivist culture in the relationship between collective turnover and organizational performance.