Abstract
This study set out to (a) investigate the psychometric properties of the recently developed Job–Hopping Motives Scale and (b) the relationship between interest–environment fit (i.e., congruence) and the two job–hopping motives. To meet these research objectives, a sample of 198 participants was used. Reliability analysis showed satisfactory reliability coefficients of the Job-Hopping Motives scale scores for research purposes. Factor analysis suggested that a two–factor model fit the data best but that the two factors are not independent due to their large factor correlations. This was in agreement with the two dimensions underlying the job-hopping motives construct. Correlation coefficients suggested that the two job–hopping motives were negatively correlated with congruence. Subsequent regression analysis showed that only the escape motive had a statistically significant relationship with congruence after controlling for the advance motive. Overall the results provide some support for the psychometric properties of the Job–Hopping Motives Scale and that the escape motive largely explained the relationship between the job– hopping motives and congruence.
M.A. (Industrial Psychology)