Impact of Core Self- Evaluation on Turnover Intention of Employees in Higher Education, Mediating Role of Work Engagement

Abstract

Academic staff job satisfaction and intention to leave the institution are still problems in higher education. The current study examined the relationship between core self-evaluations (CSEs) as well as turnover intention by putting forth the mediating role of work engagement, which can help explain the elements that can lower intention to leave and raise job satisfaction in academic staff. The investigator employed a quantitative methodology. The sample comprised 338 academic staff members who were employed by Pakistani higher education institutions located in Islamabad. The study made an effort to use self-determination theory to examine the mediating role of work engagement in the relationship between core self-evaluations as well as turnover intention. By using structural equation modeling, the results demonstrated that CSEs had a detrimental effect on turnover intention and work engagement mediates this relationship.