The Relationship Between Organizational Size and Turnover: A Longitudinal Investigation
利用65个月的纵向数据和时间序列方法，研究了组织规模与四种离职率指标之间的关系，发现规模与入职率和离职者平均任期有显著关联，但与自愿和非自愿离职的关系不显著。
This research investigated the relationship between organizational size and turnover, using longitudinal data and time-series statistical methods. Four measures of turnover (accession rate, voluntary separation rate, involuntary separation rate, and mean tenure of those leaving the organization) were computed on a monthly basis for 65 months. After ARIMA modeling, each series was cross-correlated with a series based on organization size to investigate the relationship between turnover and size over time. The clearest relationships found were for the accession rate and average tenure of weavers; the more interesting relationships to voluntary and involuntary separations, however, were not found to be significant. Results are discussed from the perspective of temporal relationships, and the viewpoint of organizations as dynamic systems.