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Deepa Bagdi
Dr. Nitu Nimbrain
Keywords:
Job embeddedness; turnover intention; employee retention; banking sector.
Abstract:
Employee turnover is a persistent strategic challenge in the banking sector, where the loss of experienced personnel erodes service quality, customer relationships, and operational stability. Traditional models of voluntary turnover, anchored in job satisfaction and organizational commitment, explain why employees leave but not why they stay. The job embeddedness framework addresses this asymmetry by conceptualizing retention as a web of work- and non-work-related forces fit, links, and sacrifice that restrain employee movement. This review synthesizes the theoretical foundations and empirical evidence on the relationship between job embeddedness and turnover intention, with particular attention to banking and the Indian context. Meta-analytic evidence consistently demonstrates a significant negative association between embeddedness and turnover intention, and banking-sector studies confirm the direct and moderating effects of embeddedness on withdrawal. The review identifies a clear research gap: despite evidence that person–organization fit and community links are decisive in collectivistic India, no published study has examined job embeddedness and turnover intention among banking employees in Haryana. The review concludes with a conceptual framework and a testable hypothesis for such an investigation.
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International Journal of Recent Research and Review
ISSN: 2277-8322
Vol. XIX, Issue 1
March 2026
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March 2026
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Vol. XIX, Issue 1
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Articles
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