Testing the Incremental Effect of Professional Commitment on Intent to Leave One's Profession beyond the Effects of External, Personal, and Work-Related Variables

It is found that younger and less satisfied medical technologists had a higher intent to leave their profession, and men showed a stronger intent to left than women.

Abstract

There has been less empirical research focusing on intent to leave one's profession than on other types of interrole transitions. Using a longitudinal sample of 457 repeat-respondent medical technologists, this study found that younger and less satisfied medical technologists had a higher intent to leave their profession. Also, men showed a stronger intent to leave than women. After controlling for these initial correlates, professional commitment accounted for significant additional variance in intent to leave profession.