THE INFLUENCE OF JOB STRESS AND PERSON-ORGANIZATION FIT ON TURNOVER INTENTION BY USING JOB SATISFACTION AS MEDIATING ROLE

Abstract

This research investigates the influence of job stress, person-organization fit on
turnover intention by using job satisfaction as mediating role, study in PT. Herculon
Carpet. The study is mainly based on review of the existing literature and collection of
data through an adopted questionnaire survey, conducted from the selected sample of PT.
Herculon Carpet. A total of 212 questionnaires were distributed among the sample which
is selected using the technique of purposive sampling. 176 respondents returned the
questionnaire, which are utilized for the analysis purpose. The result found that job
stress positively influences job satisfaction, person-organization fit positively
influences job satisfaction, while job stress positively influences turnover intention,
person-organization fit negatively and non significantly influences turnover intention,
job satisfaction positively influences turnover intention and job satisfaction mediates job
satisfaction on turnover intention. This research is limited by other independent variable
which are not investigated in this research, therefore the R square value is only 0.400.
Key words: Job Stress, Person-Organization Fit, Job Satisfaction, Turnover
Intention