Özet:

Job insecurity, which can be defined as a concern about the future of their job of the employees, has negative effects on employees well-being, health and job attitudes as a stress factor. The study addresses the relationship between employees' perceptions of job insecurity and their turnover intentions. The data were collected through a questionnaire returned by the employees in nineteen seperate companies operating in different sectors in Konya Industrial Area, including the first five hundred and the second five hundred largest industrial establishments in Turkey. Factor analysis, correlation analysis and regression analysis were conducted on the data. As a result of the factor analysis made on both job insecurity perception and turnover intention, single factor emerged and the alfa coefficients of the variables was sufficient. When the results of the correlation analysis are examined, it is seen that there is a significant and positive relationship between the "job insecurity perception" and "turnover intention". According to the results of regression analysis; The R2 coefficient of determination shows that the change in attitudes related to the turnover intention can be explained by the perception of job insecurity.The managements of the organizations should reduce the perception of insecurity to protect themselves from the destructive harms of turnover intention. It is supposed that this research makes a prominent support to comprehending the relationship between “the perception of insecurity” and employees’ “turnover intentions”.

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