Why do low performers leave?

Interesting paper about the investigation performed by Trevor, Hausknecht and Howard, named "Why High and Low Performers Leave and What They Find Elsewhere: Job Performance Effects on Employment Transitions"

Working with a sample of approx. 2.500 former employees of an organization, they find that there is a variety of quit reasons, differing both across and within performance levels.

As the result of testing 9 different working hypothesis, they end in a list of reasons, clasified on relative importance for the leaver.

We can consider that they confirm what anyone could expect based on common sense:

The quit reason importance ranking is,

For High performers:

• Advance Opportunity
• Pay
• Opportunity to use skills

For Average Performers:

• Supervisor
• Pay
• Advance Opportunity

For Low performers:

• Supervisor
• Working hours
• Advance Opportunity

Nothing new under the sun, but this time properly supported by statistical tests.