Insights from Theory of Reason Action to Determine the Faculty Turn-Over Intentions in HEI’s of Southern Punjab: Mediating and Moderating Role of Perceived Organizational Justice and Organizational Climate

Abstract

The act of bullying in Higher Education Institutes HEI,s is considered a neglected topic. The objective of this study was to analyze the impact of employee voice, innovate climate, workplace bullying on turnover intentions. Organizational justice was deemed to be a mediator while organizational climate a moderator. Data was collected from the employees of top universities of southern Punjab with a usable sample size of 289 respondents, both male and female. An online questionnaire by adopting simple random sampling was developed in consultation with experts to cover the objectives of the study. The collected data was analyzed through SPSS and Smart PLS. The results attained from the study revealed workplace bullying and innovative climate as major driving forces of turn-over intention. Moreover, perceived organizational justice does not mediate the relationship between workplace bullying, innovative climate, employee voice and turn-over Intention. While organizational climate significantly moderate between organizational justice and turn over intentions. Finally, the current study provides practical insights for practitioners, academic researchers as well as Higher Institutions to help reduce turnover due to bullying and increase a better diverse and effective environment in HEI’s of southern Punjab.