Organizational culture as an explanation for job search effort across small, medium, and large firms

This study examines whether organizational culture influences employees to seek alternative job opportunities and explores the moderating effect of firm size on the relationship between organizational culture and job search effort. Conducted in Sri Lanka, the research focuses on employees from small...

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Main Author: Vathsala Wickramasinghe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Española de Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas (AECA), Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT) 2025-01-01
Series:Small Business International Review
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Online Access:https://sbir.upct.es/index.php/sbir/article/view/699
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description This study examines whether organizational culture influences employees to seek alternative job opportunities and explores the moderating effect of firm size on the relationship between organizational culture and job search effort. Conducted in Sri Lanka, the research focuses on employees from small, medium, and large private firms, categorized by the number of persons employed. A total of 252 valid responses were analyzed. The findings reveal that organizational culture significantly impacts employees’ job search effort and that firm size plays a moderating role in this relationship.
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spelling doaj-art-64f56eaa19c446d6aa42251a20d98bde2025-01-28T06:46:21ZengAsociación Española de Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas (AECA), Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT)Small Business International Review2531-00462025-01-0191e69910.26784/sbir.v9i1.699262Organizational culture as an explanation for job search effort across small, medium, and large firmsVathsala Wickramasinghe0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9318-9823University of MoratuwaThis study examines whether organizational culture influences employees to seek alternative job opportunities and explores the moderating effect of firm size on the relationship between organizational culture and job search effort. Conducted in Sri Lanka, the research focuses on employees from small, medium, and large private firms, categorized by the number of persons employed. A total of 252 valid responses were analyzed. The findings reveal that organizational culture significantly impacts employees’ job search effort and that firm size plays a moderating role in this relationship.https://sbir.upct.es/index.php/sbir/article/view/699organizational culturejob search effortfirm sizesme
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Organizational culture as an explanation for job search effort across small, medium, and large firms
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title Organizational culture as an explanation for job search effort across small, medium, and large firms
title_full Organizational culture as an explanation for job search effort across small, medium, and large firms
title_fullStr Organizational culture as an explanation for job search effort across small, medium, and large firms
title_full_unstemmed Organizational culture as an explanation for job search effort across small, medium, and large firms
title_short Organizational culture as an explanation for job search effort across small, medium, and large firms
title_sort organizational culture as an explanation for job search effort across small medium and large firms
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url https://sbir.upct.es/index.php/sbir/article/view/699
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