Job satisfaction, blat and intentions to leave among blue-collar employees in contemporary Russia. Issue 1 (4th January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Balabanova, Evgeniya; Efendiev, Azer; Ehrnrooth, Mats; Koveshnikov, Alexei
• Is Part Of: Baltic journal of management. Volume 11:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 21
• Page End: 43
• Publication Date: 2016-01-04
• Subjects: Russia -- Job satisfaction -- Turnover -- "Blat"; Management -- Baltic States -- Periodicals; 658.009485
• DOI: 10.1108/BJM-03-2015-0079
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1746-5265

Abstract

Abstract : Purpose: – The purpose of this paper is to examine antecedents of intentions to leave among blue-collar employees in domestic Russian organizations. Design/methodology/approach: – The study is based on a sample of 1, 210 blue-collar employees in 80 domestic organizations across 14 industries and eight regions in Russia. Findings: – The analysis shows that wage satisfaction is the strongest negative predictor of Russian employees' intentions to leave compared to core job-related and interpersonal relations satisfaction. For non-blat employees, the relationships with intentions to leave are negative and significant for all three types of satisfactions, whereas for employees with blat only the relationship between core job-related satisfaction and intentions to leave is significant. Originality/value: – The present study, first, reveals that wage satisfaction is the most important but not the only way to retain blue-collar employees in Russia and, second, points toward the complex nature of blat's influence on employees' organizational behavior in contemporary Russian organizations. By so doing, the analysis provides a still rare empirical illustration of how relationships and variables explaining turnover intentions and its antecedents are contingent on economic, cultural and institutional contexts.