UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS HO CHI MINH CITY International School of Business Do Thi Tuyet Nhung PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL FAIRNESS, WORK ENGAGEMENT, AND INTENT TO LEAVE: THE STUDY OF EMPLOYEES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR MASTER OF BUSINESS (Honours) Ho Chi Minh City - Year 2014 UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS HO CHI MINH CITY International School of Business DO THI TUYET NHUNG PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL FAIRNESS, WORK ENGAGEMENT, AND INTENT TO LEAVE: THE STUDY OF EMPLOYEES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR ID: 21110013 MASTER OF BUSINESS (Honours) SUPERVISOR: Nguyen Huu Lam, Dr Ho Chi Minh City – Year 2014 ACKNOWLEDGE I would like to express my gratitude to supervisor Dr Nguyen Huu Lam for his guidance, support, motivation, and understanding in all the time of my research Besides my supervisor, I would like to thank ISB committee for their encouragement, and insightful comments I would like to thank managers in HR Share and Care group and my classmates at ISB.MBus 2.3 for their sharing honestly in item generation and other phases They have provided important comments for my questionnaire as well as data analysis methods Especially, I am debted to my classmate Thai Van Trung Hieu for his supporting and sharing about SEM analysis In addition, I would like to thank participants in my investigation without charge In my daily work, I have been blessed with my chiefs and staffs at the Joton JSC for all their supports Especially, I am obliged to my direct chief Mr Hoang Minh Anh for his support and my subordinate Ms Nguyen Thi Hoang Anh for her assistant at work for me to finish thesis conveniently Finally, I would like to give my special thanks to my family whose love helped me to complete this work i ABSTRACT While Vietnam builds the Socio-Economic Development Strategy 2011-2020 with paying attention to human resource management and development, many organizations concern performance management and talent management in which performance appraisal, work engagement, and intent to leave are important concepts The study is conducted to identify whether perceived performance appraisal fairness can help employees to enhance their engagement at work as well as whether engaged employees can reduce their intent to leave organizations A sample of 170 employees from 15 organizations in the private sector was used to test hypotheses relating to these three concepts The results indicated that perceived performance appraisal fairness affected positively on work engagement and work engagement influenced negatively to intent to leave in Vietnam context Generally, the present study suggests important guidelines for private organizations to ensure fairness of performance appraisal system; thereby, it can help to enhance work engagement and manage employee turnover by controlling intent to leave Key words: performance appraisal fairness, work engagement, intent to leave ii TABLE OF CONTENTS AKNOWLEDGE i ABSTRACT ii TABLE OF CONTENTS iii LIST OF TABLES v LIST OF FIRGURES vi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS vii Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Research Background 1.2 Research Problem 1.3 Research Objectives 1.4 Scope and Contribution of the Study 1.5 Thesis Structure Chapter 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Perception of Performance Appraisal Fairness 2.1.1 Performance Appraisal Overall 2.1.2 Fairness of Performance Appraisal System 11 2.2 Work Engagement 14 2.3 Intent to Leave 16 2.4 Perceived Performance Appraisal Fairness and Work Engagement 18 2.5 Work Engagement and Intent to Leave 20 2.6 The conceptual model and hypotheses of the research 20 Chapter 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 22 3.1 Research design 22 3.1.1 Research Method 22 3.1.2 Research Process 23 3.1.3 Population and Sampling Method 24 3.1.4 Measurement Instruments 25 3.1.5.Coding 27 3.1.6 Sample Size 27 iii 3.1.7 Data Collection 28 3.1.8 Data Analysis Method 28 3.2 Item Generation 33 3.3 Pilot Study 34 3.4 Main Study 36 Chapter 4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 38 4.1 Participants’ Demographic 38 4.2 Assessment of Scales 39 4.2.1 Assessment of Scale by Cronbach’s Alpha Cofficient 40 4.2.2 Assessment of Scale by Exploratory Factor Analysis 41 4.2.3 Assessment of Scale by Confirmatory Factor Analysis 42 4.3 Saturated Measurement Model 45 4.4 Structural Model 48 4.4.1 Maximum Likelihood Method 48 4.4.2 Bootstrap Method 50 4.5 Testing the Hypotheses 51 4.6 Discussions for Findings 52 Chapter 5: FINDINGS AND IMPLICATIONS 55 5.1 Conclusions 55 5.2 Management Implications 56 5.3 Limitations and Directions for Further Researches 57 REFERENCES APPENDICES iv LIST OF TABLES Table 4.1: Characteristics of the participants 38 Table 4.2: Correlation between constructs of perceived performance appraisal fairness 44 Table 4.3: Correlation between research concepts 46 Table 4.4: Results of reliability and average variance extracted 47 Table 4.5: Result of regression weights 49 Table 4.6: Regression weights by maximum likelihood and bootstrap 50 Table 4.7: Results of testing hypotheses 52 v LIST OF FIGURES Figure 2.1: Performance appraisal process 10 Figure 2.2: Greenberg's Taxonomy of Justice Perceptions Applied to Performance Appraisal 13 Figure 2.3: The conceptual model 21 Figure 3.1: Research process 23 Figure 4.1: CFA for perceived performance appraisal fairness scale 43 Figure 4.2: CFA for work engagement and intent to leave scale 45 Figure 4.3: CFA for saturated measurement model 47 Figure 4.4: Result of structural equation modeling 49 vi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AMOS : Analysis of Moment Structures AVE : Average variance extracted value CFA : Confirmatory Factor Analysis CR : Critical ratio value EFA : Exploratory Factor Analysis HRM : Human resource management KMO : Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy ML : Maximum Likelihood exploratory program PAF : Principal Axis Factoring PCA : Principal Component Analysis SEDS : The Socio-Economic Development Strategy SEM : Structural Equation Modeling SPSS : Statistical Packed of Social Sciences UWES : Utrecht Work Engagement Scale vii Chapter INTRODUCTION 1.1 Research 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Retrieved May 10, 2013, from http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/vietnam/overview Walsh, M B (2003) Perceived fairness of and satisfaction with employee performance appraisal Unpublished doctoral dissertation, The Louisiana State University Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/305320208/accountid=45905 65 APPENDICES APPENDIX I: Source of measurement scales Measurement scale Code Source PERCEIVED PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL FAIRNESS Procedural justice I have influence the outcomes of performance appraisal procedures PROFA1 (*) The procedures followed during performance appraisal process PROFA2 have been applied consistently in my organization The procedures followed during performance appraisal process are PROFA3 Gupta and Kumar (2013) free of bias The performance appraisal procedures are based on accurate PROFA4 information I can appeal against the outcomes arrived at by the performance PROFA5 appraisal procedures Distributive justice The outcome of performance appraisal process reflects the effort I DISFA1 have put into my work The outcome of performance appraisal process is appropriate for DISFA2 the work I completed Gupta and The outcome of performance appraisal process reflects what I have DISFA3 Kumar (2013) contributed to the organization The outcome of performance appraisal process is justified, given DISFA4 my performance Interpersonal justice 10 During the performance appraisal meeting, my supervisor treated INTFA1 me in a polite manner 11 My supervisor treated me with dignity during the performance INTFA2 Gupta and appraisal meeting 12 My supervisor treated me with respect during the performance INTFA3 appraisal meeting 13 My supervisor refrained from improper remarks or comments (*) INTFA4 Kumar (2013) APPENDIX I: Source of measurement scales (continuous) Measurement scale Informational justice 14 My supervisor was candid in (his/her) communications with me Code Source INFFA1 15 My supervisor explained the procedures of the performance INFFA2 appraisal process thoroughly 16 My supervisor gave reasonable explanations regarding the INFFA3 Gupta and Kumar (2013) procedures 17 My supervisor tailored (his/her) communications to my specific INFFA4 needs WORK ENGAGEMENT At my work, I feel bursting with energy WOENG1 At my job, I feel strong and vigorous WOENG2 When I get up in the morning, I feel like going to work WOENG3 I am enthusiastic about my job WOENG4 Schaufeli, My job inspires me WOENG5 Bakker, and I am proud of the work that I WOENG6 Salanova (2006) I feel happy when I am working intensely WOENG7 I am immersed in my work I get carried away when I am working WOENG8 WOENG9 TURNOVER INTENTION Presently, I am actively searching for other job In the last few months, I have seriously thought about looking for a new job I intend to leave the organization in the near future Note: (*) the items were removed after pilot survey INTLE1 INTLE2 Alam and Mohamad INTLE3 (2009) APPENDIX II: VIETNAMESE QUESTIONNAIRE PHIẾU KHẢO SÁT Kính chào Anh/ Chị, Tôi tên Đỗ Thị Tuyết Nhung, học viên Viện Đào Tạo Quốc Tế (ISB) thuộc Trường Đại Học Kinh Tế TP HCM (UEH) Hiện nay, nghiên cứu mối liên hệ công hoạt động đánh giá thực công việc cá nhân với gắn kết nhân viên công việc ý định nghỉ việc nhân viên khu vực kinh tế tư nhân Việt Nam Rất mong quý Anh/chị dành thời gian để trả lời Bảng khảo sát Anh/Chị người làm có trãi nghiệm việc đánh giá thực công việc cá nhân doanh nghiệp Việc tham gia khảo sát hoàn toàn tự nguyện khơng thể danh tính Tơi cam kết đảm bảo thông tin Anh/chị cung cấp giữ bí mật sử dụng cho nghiên cứu Tác giả sẵn lòng hồi đáp Anh/Chị qua email: do.tuyetnhung2012@gmail.com điện thoại 0916809157 trình thực khảo sát có nhu cầu tham khảo kết khảo sát Tôi chân thành cảm ơn giúp đỡ hợp tác Anh/Chị! Nếu Anh / Chị làm việc tại:  Doanh nghiệp có vốn góp Nhà nước 50%  Các loại hình doanh nghiệp khác Anh/Chị vui lòng dừng khảo sát Anh/Chị vui lòng tiếp tục tham gia khảo sát NỘI DUNG KHẢO SÁT (Lưu ý thuật ngữ “đánh giá” dùng để hoạt động đánh giá thực công việc cá nhân Đánh giá thực công việc cá nhân hoạt động có liên quan đến việc đo lường kết công việc mà cá nhân thực so với tiêu chuẩn, tiêu công việc đề ra.) Hồn tồn khơng đồng ý 1 Tơi có ảnh hưởng tồn việc thiết lập thủ tục đánh giá (*) Toàn thủ tục đánh giá áp dụng quán tổ chức tơi Tồn thủ tục đánh giá tổ chức công Các thủ tục đánh giá xây dựng sở liệu xác Tơi khiếu nại thủ tục đánh giá Kết đánh giá phản ánh nỗ lực công việc Kết đánh giá thích đáng cơng việc mà tơi hồn thành Kết đánh giá phản ánh đóng góp tơi tổ chức Kết đánh giá công chứng minh cho thành công việc tơi 10 Người quản lý có thái độ hòa nhã với họp đánh giá 11 Người quản lý có thái độ nghiêm túc với tơi họp đánh giá 12 Người quản lý có thái độ tôn trọng với họp đánh giá 13 Người quản lý cố gắng tránh đưa nhận xét bình luận khơng thích hợp(*) 14 Người quản lý thẳng thắn trao đổi với 15 Người quản lý giải thích thấu đáo thủ tục đánh giá 16 Người quản lý trả lời hợp lý vấn đề liên quan đến thủ tục đánh giá 17 Người quản lý hướng trao đổi vào vấn đề cụ thể tơi Hồn tồn đồng ý Hồn tồn khơng đồng ý 18 Tơi cảm thấy tràn đầy lượng làm việc 19 Tôi cảm thấy hăng hái hưng phấn làm việc 20 Tôi mong muốn làm việc thức dậy vào buổi sáng 21 Tơi nhiệt tình với cơng việc 22 Công việc tạo cho hứng khởi 23 Tôi tự hào công việc 24 Tôi cảm thấy hạnh phúc làm việc hăng say 25 Tôi say mê công việc 26 Cơng việc ln lơi tơi 27 Tơi tích cực tìm chọn cơng việc khác 28 Trong tháng gần đây, tơi nghiêm túc nghĩ việc tìm kiếm công việc 29 Tôi dự định rời bỏ tổ chức thời gian tới PHẦN 2: THÔNG TIN CÁ NHÂN Anh/Chị vui lòng cho biết vài thông tin cá nhân: Độ tuổi khoảng: Dưới 25 tuổi Từ 25 - 34 tuổi Từ 35 - 44 tuổi Trên 45 tuổi Giới tính: Nam Nữ Vị trí công việc: Nhân viên (không quản lý ai) Quản lý nhân viên Quản lý từ đến 10 nhân viên Quản lý 10 nhân viên Thời gian làm việc công ty: Dưới năm Từ - năm Từ - năm Từ - năm Trên 10 năm Note: (*) the items were removed after pilot survey Hoàn toàn đồng ý APPENDIX III: Reliability test before removing PROFA1 and INTFA4 in pilot survey Corrected Item-Total Correlation Procedural justice (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.75) Item Cronbach's Alpha if Item Deleted PROFA1 0.348 0.775 PROFA2 PROFA3 0.632 0.542 0.665 0.706 PROFA4 0.635 0.671 PROFA5 0.485 0.722 Distributive justice (Cronbach’s alpha:0.85) DISFA1 DISFA2 0.750 0.728 0.792 0.797 DISFA3 0.754 0.792 DISFA4 0.579 0.866 Interpersonal justice (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.79) INTFA1 0.686 0.686 INTFA2 INTFA3 0.734 0.651 0.667 0.714 INTFA4 0.381 0.860 Informational justice (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.81) INFFA1 0.635 0.750 INFFA2 INFFA3 0.688 0.668 0.724 0.735 INFFA4 0.506 0.807 Work engagement (Cronbach’s alpha:0.90) WOENG1 0.578 0.898 WOENG2 WOENG3 0.785 0.883 WOENG4 0.613 0.594 0.896 0.897 WOENG5 0.776 0.884 WOENG6 0.692 0.890 WOENG7 0.716 0.888 WOENG8 WOENG9 0.712 0.888 0.600 0.897 Intent to leave (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.91) INTLE1 0.822 0.873 INTLE2 0.888 0.818 INTLE3 0.761 0.914 APPENDIX IV: Results of EFA after removing PROFA1 and INTFA4 in pilot survey Item Factor DISFA 0.020 -0.053 0.301 -0.093 0.802 0.953 0.719 0.522 -0.012 -0.028 0.198 -0.198 -0.077 0.198 0.058 INFFA INTFA PROFA2 -0.145 0.124 PROFA3 -0.172 0.174 PROFA4 0.242 -0.292 PROFA5 0.327 0.143 DISFA1 0.073 -0.079 DISFA2 -0.152 -0.067 DISFA3 -0.015 0.317 DISFA4 0.089 0.235 INTFA1 0.092 0.707 INTFA2 -0.074 0.920 INTFA3 0.197 0.598 INFFA1 0.279 0.670 INFFA2 -0.058 0.877 INFFA3 0.029 0.679 INFFA4 -0.032 0.543 TVE 39.769 15.803 8.917 Eigenvalue 5.965 2.371 1.338 Principal Axis Factoring Method with Promax Rotation Item WOENG1 WOENG2 WOENG3 WOENG4 WOENG5 WOENG6 WOENG7 WOENG8 WOENG9 INTLE1 INTLE2 INTLE3 PROFA 0.842 0.692 0.601 0.486 0.089 0.057 -0.091 -0.106 0.106 0.111 -0.036 -0.039 -0.073 -0.133 0.112 7.370 1.105 Factor WOENG INTLE 0.499 0.778 0.670 0.624 0.774 0.637 0.769 0.797 0.727 0.082 0.063 -0.157 -0.178 -0.069 0.038 -0.026 -0.078 -0.153 0.003 0.063 0.146 0.924 0.995 0.724 12.659 1.519 TVE 51.874 Eigenvalue 6.225 Principal Axis Factoring Method with Promax Rotation APPENDIX V: Results of reliability by EFA in main survey Item Corrected ItemTotal Correlation Procedural justice Cronbach's Alpha 0.82 PROFA2 0.687 PROFA3 0.658 PROFA4 0.645 PROFA5 0.594 Distributive justice 0.87 DISFA1 0.736 DISFA2 0.742 DISFA3 0.662 DISFA4 0.732 Interpersonal justice 0.88 INTFA1 0.829 INTFA2 0.786 INTFA3 0.709 Informational justice 0.78 INFFA1 0.513 INFFA2 0.646 INFFA3 0.635 INFFA4 0.557 Work engagement 0.92 WOENG1 0.682 WOENG2 0.798 WOENG3 0.632 WOENG4 0.686 WOENG5 0.768 WOENG6 0.738 WOENG7 0.766 WOENG8 0.774 WOENG9 0.693 Intent to leave 0.90 INTLE1 0.787 INTLE2 0.844 INTLE3 0.787 APPENDIX VI: Results of validity by EFA in main survey Item Factor WOENG DISFA PROFA INTLE INTFA INFFA PROFA2 0.043 -0.038 0.822 -0.021 -0.050 -0.041 PROFA3 0.000 0.028 0.753 0.035 0.059 -0.133 PROFA4 -0.055 0.194 0.692 0.024 -0.076 0.046 PROFA5 0.049 -0.078 0.624 -0.022 0.160 0.032 DISFA1 -0.003 0.745 0.024 -0.092 0.062 0.112 DISFA2 0.077 0.862 0.046 -0.020 -0.027 -0.129 DISFA3 0.077 0.558 -0.031 0.062 0.014 0.185 DISFA4 0.001 0.694 0.022 0.062 0.150 -0.010 INTFA1 -0.085 0.093 -0.016 0.039 0.832 0.085 INTFA2 0.034 0.085 -0.051 -0.043 0.777 0.088 INTFA3 0.010 0.023 0.148 -0.020 0.658 0.087 INFFA1 0.064 -0.217 0.085 -0.048 0.207 0.519 INFFA2 -0.053 0.044 -0.073 0.009 0.076 0.764 INFFA3 0.057 0.118 -0.215 -0.017 0.120 0.647 INFFA4 -0.119 0.095 0.115 0.090 -0.014 0.602 WOENG1 0.534 0.042 0.164 0.001 -0.064 0.142 WOENG2 0.656 -0.077 0.144 -0.016 -0.042 0.279 WOENG3 0.637 0.041 -0.007 -0.045 -0.269 0.235 WOENG4 0.729 0.096 0.005 -0.149 0.012 0.010 WOENG5 0.718 0.025 -0.047 0.073 -0.127 0.195 WOENG6 0.777 -0.067 -0.029 0.078 0.198 -0.103 WOENG7 0.768 0.010 -0.017 0.141 0.077 -0.098 WOENG8 0.995 0.047 -0.134 -0.002 0.087 -0.264 WOENG9 0.749 -0.002 0.123 -0.038 -0.004 -0.121 INTLE1 -0.021 0.044 -0.044 -0.811 0.009 -0.036 INTLE2 0.084 -0.071 0.040 -0.983 0.033 0.019 INTLE3 -0.117 0.068 -0.019 -0.780 -0.023 -0.037 TVE (%) 36.231 9.597 6.385 4.497 3.321 2.821 Eigenvalue 10.148 2.916 2.047 1.581 1.270 1.134 Principal Axis Factoring Method with Promax Rotation APPENDIX VII: Computation of composite reliability and average variance extracted Standardized loadings PROFA5 PROFA4 PROFA3 PROFA2 DISFA4 DISFA3 DISFA2 DISFA1 INTFA3 INTFA2 INTFA1 INFFA4 INFFA3 INFFA2 INFFA1 WOENG1 WOENG2 WOENG3 WOENG4 WOENG5 WOENG6 WOENG7 WOENG8 WOENG9 INTLE1 INTLE2 INTLE3 < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < - PROFA PROFA PROFA PROFA PROFA DISFA DISFA DISFA DISFA INTFA INTFA INTFA INFFA INFFA INFFA INFFA WOENG WOENG WOENG WOENG WOENG WOENG WOENG WOENG WOENG DISFA INTFA INFFA WOENG INTLE 0.731 0.757 0.75 0.781 Sum of loadings 3.019 0.769 0.72 0.786 0.813 3.088 0.776 0.87 0.91 2.556 0.668 0.747 0.767 0.59 2.772 0.672 0.796 0.65 0.714 0.805 0.783 0.827 0.817 0.727 INTLE INTLE INTLE 6.791 0.846 0.908 0.856 AVE 0.570 0.597 0.729 0.485 0.573 0.758 Composite reliability 0.841 0.855 0.889 0.789 0.923 0.904 2.610 Item Reliabilities 0.534 0.573 0.563 0.610 0.591 0.518 0.618 0.661 0.602 0.757 0.828 0.446 0.558 0.588 0.348 0.452 0.634 0.423 0.510 0.648 0.613 0.684 0.667 0.529 0.716 0.824 0.733 Sum of Item Reliabilities 2.280 2.389 2.187 1.941 5.159 2.273 Delta 0.466 0.427 0.438 0.390 0.409 0.482 0.382 0.339 0.398 0.243 0.172 0.554 0.442 0.412 0.652 0.548 0.366 0.578 0.490 0.352 0.387 0.316 0.333 0.471 0.284 0.176 0.267 Sum of delta 1.720 1.611 0.813 2.059 3.841 0.727 APPENDIX VIII: Results of regression weights (standardized) by ML method WOENG PROFA DISFA INTFA INFFA INTLE PROFA5 PROFA4 PROFA3 PROFA2 DISFA4 DISFA3 DISFA2 DISFA1 INTFA3 INTFA2 INTFA1 INFFA4 INFFA3 INFFA2 INFFA1 WOENG1 WOENG2 WOENG3 WOENG4 WOENG5 WOENG6 WOENG7 WOENG8 WOENG9 INTLE1 INTLE2 INTLE3 < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < - PPAFA PPAFA PPAFA PPAFA PPAFA WOENG PROFA PROFA PROFA PROFA DISFA DISFA DISFA DISFA INTFA INTFA INTFA INFFA INFFA INFFA INFFA WOENG WOENG WOENG WOENG WOENG WOENG WOENG WOENG WOENG INTLE INTLE INTLE Estimate 0.663 0.620 0.784 0.766 0.823 -0.526 0.731 0.756 0.750 0.781 0.769 0.720 0.786 0.813 0.776 0.870 0.910 0.668 0.747 0.767 0.590 0.672 0.796 0.649 0.714 0.805 0.783 0.827 0.816 0.726 0.846 0.908 0.856 APPENDIX IX: Results of regression weights (standardized) by bootstrap method Parameter WOENG < - PPAFA PROFA < - PPAFA DISFA < - PPAFA INTFA < - PPAFA INFFA < - PPAFA INTLE < - WOENG PROFA5 < - PROFA PROFA4 < - PROFA PROFA3 < - PROFA PROFA2 < - PROFA DISFA4 < - DISFA DISFA3 < - DISFA DISFA2 < - DISFA DISFA1 < - DISFA INTFA3 < - INTFA INTFA2 < - INTFA INTFA1 < - INTFA INFFA4 < - INFFA INFFA3 < - INFFA INFFA2 < - INFFA INFFA1 < - INFFA WOENG1 < - WOENG WOENG2 < - WOENG WOENG3 < - WOENG WOENG4 < - WOENG WOENG5 < - WOENG WOENG6 < - WOENG WOENG7 < - WOENG WOENG8 < - WOENG WOENG9 < - WOENG INTLE1 < - INTLE INTLE2 < - INTLE INTLE3 < - INTLE SE SE-SE Mean Bias SE-Bias 0.083 0.003 0.661 -0.002 0.004 0.052 0.002 0.618 -0.001 0.003 0.055 0.002 0.781 -0.002 0.003 0.049 0.002 0.766 0.000 0.003 0.046 0.002 0.827 0.004 0.002 0.067 0.003 -0.518 0.007 0.004 0.041 0.002 0.730 -0.002 0.002 0.045 0.002 0.756 -0.001 0.002 0.048 0.002 0.749 -0.001 0.003 0.044 0.002 0.782 0.001 0.002 0.043 0.002 0.769 0.001 0.002 0.048 0.002 0.720 0.000 0.003 0.042 0.002 0.786 0.001 0.002 0.037 0.001 0.813 0.000 0.002 0.041 0.002 0.775 -0.001 0.002 0.030 0.001 0.868 -0.002 0.002 0.028 0.001 0.907 -0.003 0.002 0.043 0.002 0.663 -0.005 0.002 0.044 0.002 0.745 -0.002 0.002 0.039 0.001 0.767 0.000 0.002 0.060 0.002 0.587 -0.002 0.003 0.057 0.002 0.671 -0.001 0.003 0.037 0.001 0.793 -0.003 0.002 0.050 0.002 0.646 -0.003 0.003 0.059 0.002 0.709 -0.005 0.003 0.046 0.002 0.800 -0.005 0.002 0.033 0.001 0.786 0.003 0.002 0.030 0.001 0.830 0.004 0.002 0.036 0.001 0.819 0.003 0.002 0.057 0.002 0.726 0.000 0.003 0.026 0.001 0.844 -0.002 0.001 0.026 0.001 0.908 0.000 0.001 0.027 0.001 0.854 -0.003 0.001 ... intent to leave, also known as turnover intention, is the cognitive process of thinking, planning, and desiring to leave a job and there are four cognitive parts of turnover intent: 1) thinking of. .. following hypothesis: Hypothesis (H2): The higher the work engagement, the lower the intent to leave 2.6 The conceptual model and hypotheses of the research The conceptual model presented in figure... Scope and Contribution of the Study The study focused on employees working for local and foreign private companies in Ho Chi Minh City The respondents were white-collar officials including staff and