Moderating effect of firm size on the relationship between voluntary employer changes and salary attainment

Abstract

This study presents a meaningful moderator, a fundamental characteristic of employers – their size, to unravel the inconsistencies regarding the relationship between the workers’ voluntary employer changes and salary attainment in previous studies. Results indicate that voluntary employer changes did not predict salary attainment in large firms, whereas a positive effect was found to be stronger in medium than in small firms. Also presented herein are several explanations for the moderating property of firm size.

Citation

Mao, H. (2002), "Moderating effect of firm size on the relationship between voluntary employer changes and salary attainment", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 23 No. 4, pp. 345-361. https://doi.org/10.1108/01437720210439674