Survival versus traditional methodologies for studying employee turnover: differences, divergences and directions for future research
比较了生存分析法与传统方法在研究员工离职上的差异，发现传统方法只得出离职意向是唯一预测因素，而生存分析显示持续承诺和种族能直接预测离职行为。
Despite initial enthusiasm for using survival analysis techniques to gain new insights into employee turnover, nearly one decade later hardly any studies based on survival methodologies are evident in the literature. Consequently, the potential for survival analysis to open new avenues in turnover research remains unassessed, and the need for research on this topic is readily apparent. In this study, survival analysis methods were compared with those inherent in ‘traditional’ turnover research. Results indicated significant divergences between these two methods. The traditional turnover methodology reproduced findings characteristic of the vast majority of research on this topic—job withdrawal intentions emerged as the sole predictor of employee turnover behavior. In contrast, continuance commitment and ethnicity were directly predictive of turnover behavior using survival analysis methods. Implications of these results and directions for future research are discussed. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.