The Effect of Quality of Work Life on Employee Turnover Intention in Sports and Physical Activity Organizations

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Quality of work life is one of the many factors that infl uence employees’ turnover intention. In this study, the eff ect of quality of work life on turnover intention in sports and physical activity organizations was investigated. The quality of work life scale developed by Chen and Farh (2000) was used to measure quality of work life and turnover intention scale developed Landa uand Hammer (1986) was used to measure employees’ turnover intention. The data were obtained from the trainers (N=105) of swimming and fi tness clubs. The results of the study demonstrated that quality of work life significantly and inversely infl uenced turnover intention of trainers. According to these results, sports and physical activity organizations that seek to provide attractive work conditions to the successful employees should try to implement programs to improve the quality of work life in their organizations to reduce the intentions of employee turnover.

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Quality of work life , turnover intention , trainer , sports and physical activity sector.

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