Fulfilling obligations: Why Chinese employees stay

The paper reports on a longitudinal study examining how employer and employee psychological contract (PC) fulfilment influences employee turnover. The boundary conditional role of Chinese traditional values on the influence process is also examined. Results show that traditional employees are more likely to leave their employers when they fail to fulfil their PCs than less traditional employees. On the other hand, when employers fail to fulfil contracts, less traditional employees are more likely to leave the organisations than more traditional employees. Implications of the results are discussed.