Individual job performance was examined in a multivariate research investigation into the reasons for turnover among 412 Canadian army reservists. Multiple, comprehensive measures of performance were utilized in the study including self-rated (subjective) as well as organizationally assigned (objective) measures. Only the self-rated measures of performance were significant in their negative relationship with actual turnover behaviour.
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