Abstract
The global economic growth rate has been slowed due to changes in the economic and social environment related to the recent trends in the construction market and construction industry, prolonged inflation, intense tensions among countries, and increased interest rates. Since the workers in the construction industry, due to the nature of the industry, move to another site after the completion of an awarded project rather than staying for a long time while performing work at one workplace, various issues are brought out such as poor working environment resulting from unfairness in construction contracts, aging of workers, their anxiety, and job instability. The previous studies on the turnover intention of construction industry workers mainly dealt with external aspects such as leadership, job embeddedness, and organizational citizenship behavior, while the psychological impact was overlooked. The purpose of this study was to develop a measure to reduce or alleviate turnover intention of construction industry workers by verifying empirically the relationship among psychological capital, organizational commitment, and turnover intention among them. For the purpose, whether psychological capital influences organizational commitment and turnover intention, the impact of organizational commitment on turnover intention, and whether organizational commitment has a mediating effect in the relationship between psychological capital and turnover intention, among 310 construction industry workers in the metropolitan area. The results are as follows: First, hope and self-efficacy were found to have a negative (-) effect on turnover intention, while resilience and optimism from psychological capital did not have a significant effect. Second, hope, resilience, and optimism from psychological capital were found to have a positive (+) effect on organizational commitment, while self-efficacy from psychological capital had no significant effect. Third, organizational commitment was found to have a significant mediating effect on the relationship between hope from psychological capital and turnover intention. The results of this study showed that, in construction industry workers, psychological capital affects turnover intention through the mediating effect of organizational commitment. While previous studies mainly considered external influences on the turnover intention of construction industry workers, this study has academic implications in that it sought to strengthen organizational commitment and alleviate turnover intention by approaching psychological aspects. As a practical implication, it was found that higher self-efficacy and hope for work in the organization, from psychological capital, in the construction industry workers were found to lower turnover intention through job performance in a psychologically stable state. It is considered, therefore, that various systems, including job autonomy and flexible work, should be established to improve self-efficacy and hope.
본 연구는 건설업체 종사자들을 대상으로 심리적자본과 조직몰입 그리고 이직의도와의 관계를 실증적으로 검증하고자 하며 이직의도를 낮추거나 완화시키기 위한 방안을 도출하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 주어진 환경에서 조직 구성원들의 태도나 행동이 어떠한 영향을 주는지 확인하기 위해 심리적 자본을 희망, 복원력(탄력성), 자기효능감, 낙관성의 4개 요인으로 구분하였다. 이를 위해 수도권 지역의 건설업 종사자를 대상으로 310부를 분석에 활용하였으며 심리적자본이 조직몰입과 이직의도에 영향을 미치는지, 조직몰입이 이직의도에 어떠한 영향이 있는지, 조직몰입이 심리적자본과 이직의도의 관계에서 매개효과를 나타내는지 검증하고자 하였다. 심리적자본과 이직의도의 관계를 분석한 결과, 희망과 자기효능감은 이직의도에 부(-)의 영향을 미치며, 복원력과 낙관성은 유의한 영향을 미치지 못하는 것으로 나타났다. 심리적자본과 조직몰입의 관계를 분석한 결과, 희망, 복원력, 낙관성은 조직몰입에 정(+)의 영향을 미치며, 자기효능감은 유의한 영향을 미치지 못하는 것으로 나타났다. 조직몰입 매개효과를 검증한 결과, 심리적 자본의 하위요인 중 희망과의 관계에서 이직의도에 유의한 매개효과를 나타내는 것으로 확인되었다. 기존 선행연구들은 건설업 종사자들의 이직의도에 대한 외부적인 측면을 주로 고려하였다면, 연구를 통해 심리적인 측면에 접근하여 조직몰입을 더 높이고, 이직의도를 완화시키고자 했다는 점에서 학문적 시사점이 있다. 실무적 시사점으로는 건설업 종사자들의 심리적 요인 중 자기효능감과 조직에서의 직무에 대한 희망이 높을수록 심리적 안정 속에서 직무를 이행하기 때문에 이직의도가 낮아진다는 것을 확인하였다. 따라서, 자기효능감과 희망을 향상 시킬 수 있도록 직무 자율성 부여, 유연한 근무 등과 같은 다양한 제도 정비가 마련되어야 할 필요가 있다.