The Effect of Job Insecurity on Turnover Intention, Mediated by Job Search and Moderated by Job Embeddedness, Among Non-Permanent Employees in the Public Healthcare Sector

Sausan Tamita Rizky; Muslim Abdul Djali; Fairuzzabadi Fairuzzabadi

doi:10.55927/fjmr.v5i6.120

Authors

Sausan Tamita Rizky Universitas Syiah Kuala
Muslim Abdul Djali Universitas Syiah Kuala
Fairuzzabadi Fairuzzabadi Universitas Syiah Kuala

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55927/fjmr.v5i6.120

Keywords:

Healthcare Sector, Job Embeddedness, Job Insecurity, Job Search, Temporary Employees

Abstract

Human resource management in healthcare, especially for temporary personnel, requires turnover intention. This study examines how job insecurity affects turnover intention among temporary employees at a public hospital in Aceh Province using job search as a mediating variable and job embeddedness as a moderating variable. This study's quantitative survey included 248 simple randomly sampled respondents who were given a questionnaire. The data was analyzed using SEM-PLS. Results show that job insecurity increases job search and turnover intention. Additionally, job search improves turnover intention, according to this study. This study demonstrated that job search mediates the effect of job insecurity on turnover intention. This study also found that job embeddedness negatively affects turnover intention and weakens the link between job search, job insecurity, and turnover intention. These findings show that job insecurity and job search lower turnover intention as employee commitment increases. This study can help hospital management retain temporary staff by lowering job insecurity and improving job embeddedness.

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