근로시간이 이직의도에 미치는 영향: 직무 스트레스의 매개효과와 인센티브 만족도의 조절효과를 중심으로

Although the standard of living of the Chinese people has steadily improved through the development of the socialist market economy, China is ranked at the top of the world in terms of working hours. In China’s economic development, which has entered a new stage, the potential risks of long work have become a challenge that must be solved. Long work could affect firms negatively by increasing the turnover intention of workers and organizations and companies may lose talented employees, which results in reduced competitiveness. This study investigates the relationship between long work and workers’ turnover intention in China and establishes job stress and incentive satisfaction as factors affecting this relationship. Specifically, this study tests whether job stress mediates working hours and workers’ turnover intention and whether workers’ incentive satisfaction moderate the effect of job stress on turnover intention. Using data from 460 employees in China, this paper shows that working hours have a positive effect on job stress and turnover intention. In addition, job stress is found to partially mediate the relationship between working hours and turnover intention. Incentive satisfaction weakens the positive relationship between job stress and turnover intention. The practical implications, limitations, directions of future research are discussed.