Impact of time demands of work on job satisfaction and turnover intention: Software developers in offshore outsourced software development firms in Sri Lanka
Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal
ISSN: 1753-8297
Article publication date: 23 November 2010
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating effect of job satisfaction on the relationship between time demands of work and turnover intention of software developers in offshore outsourced software development firms (OOSDF) in Sri Lanka.
Design/methodology/approach
Survey research methodology was used and 232 software developers attached to OOSDF responded.
Findings
It was found that job satisfaction partially mediates the relationship between time demands of work and turnover intention.
Research limitations/implications
The results of the questionnaire survey provided access to breadth of experience. If qualitative data were also obtained those could have provided depth by adding insight and substance to the questionnaire survey.
Practical implications
The findings imply that a greater understanding of employee turnover intentions might be gained by investigating the time demands of work.
Originality/value
It is expected that the paper's findings will provide useful information for both practitioners and academics to better understand the nature of strategies to be adopted in Asian OOSDF.
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Citation
Wickramasinghe, V. (2010), "Impact of time demands of work on job satisfaction and turnover intention: Software developers in offshore outsourced software development firms in Sri Lanka", Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 246-255. https://doi.org/10.1108/17538291011093820
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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