Seeking Greener Pastures: Employee Turnover Following Corporate Stakeholder Violations
Employees leave after severe stakeholder violations, where violations equal to 5% of revenue drive measurable turnover.
Summary
Using eight years of LinkedIn job history from 735 large US public companies, the study shows broad, rapid or atypical violations raise perceived systemic misconduct and reputational risk for employees.
Editor's opinion
Narrow employee-turnover labor economics finding, not a firm-strategy lever.
Key concepts
stakeholder violations · employee turnover · reputation · corporate misconduct