Niels van de Ven - The Importance of Career Insecurity for Turnover

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Martijn van Eetveldt, Niels van de Ven, Marieke van den Tooren, Renzo Versteeg
Military Psychology, vol. 25(5), 2013, pp. 489-501

DOI: 10.1037/mil0000016

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van Eetveldt, M., van de Ven, N., van den Tooren, M., & Versteeg, R. (2013). The Importance of Career Insecurity for Turnover Intentions in the Dutch Military. Military Psychology, 25(5), 489–501. https://doi.org/10.1037/mil0000016

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Eetveldt, Martijn van, Niels van de Ven, Marieke van den Tooren, and Renzo Versteeg. “The Importance of Career Insecurity for Turnover Intentions in the Dutch Military.” Military Psychology 25, no. 5 (2013): 489–501.

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van Eetveldt, Martijn, et al. “The Importance of Career Insecurity for Turnover Intentions in the Dutch Military.” Military Psychology, vol. 25, no. 5, 2013, pp. 489–501, doi:10.1037/mil0000016.

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@article{martijn2013a,
  title = {The Importance of Career Insecurity for Turnover Intentions in the Dutch Military},
  year = {2013},
  issue = {5},
  journal = {Military Psychology},
  pages = {489-501},
  volume = {25},
  doi = {10.1037/mil0000016},
  author = {van Eetveldt, Martijn and van de Ven, Niels and van den Tooren, Marieke and Versteeg, Renzo}
}

[using a large sample of Dutch military personnel, we find that especially career insecurity (uncertainty about future career potential) was a key predictor of whether people wanted to leave the organization. typical research focuses on job insecurity (the fear of losing one's job), but we suggest that paying attention to the perception of more long term chances is also important to retain employees]