Testing the Incremental Effect of Professional Commitment on Intent to Leave One's Profession beyond the Effects of External, Personal, and Work-Related Variables☆

Abstract There has been less empirical research focusing on intent to leave one's profession than on other types of interrole transitions. Using a longitudinal sample of 457 repeat-respondent medical technologists, this study found that younger and less satisfied medical technologists had a higher intent to leave their profession. Also, men showed a stronger intent to leave than women. After controlling for these initial correlates, professional commitment accounted for significant additional variance in intent to leave profession.

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