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The study aims to evaluate the impact of job desperation on turnover intention and job search behavior in French-speaking workers.

March 21, 2026Relations industrielles

Beyond the Usual Suspects: Job Desperation as a Driver of Turnover Intention and Job Search Behaviour

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KKKévin Sevag KertechianDivision of Human Resource Management HEHadi El-FarrRutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Exploratory analysis reveals job desperation influences turnover intention and job search behavior in French-speaking employees, suggesting critical implications for labor markets.

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The study aims to evaluate the impact of job desperation on turnover intention and job search behavior in French-speaking workers.
Administered a French-language Job Desperation Scale survey to three cohorts of French-speaking employees.
Conducted exploratory and confirmatory analyses using two independent samples from France and Canada.
Included additional measures to assess antecedents of job search behavior and turnover intention.
Confirmed the single-factor structure of the French-language version of the Job Desperation Scale.
Demonstrated that job desperation significantly predicts job search behavior and turnover intention.
Highlighted the incremental predictive power of job desperation over other identified antecedents.

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Kertechian et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69be38596e48c4981c678b96 https://doi.org/10.7202/1123855ar

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Exploratory analysis reveals job desperation influences turnover intention and job search behavior in French-speaking employees, suggesting critical implications for labor markets.

Beyond the Usual Suspects: Job Desperation as a Driver of Turnover Intention and Job Search Behaviour

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Beyond the Usual Suspects: Job Desperation as a Driver of Turnover Intention and Job Search Behaviour

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