THE EFFECT OF INSTITUTIONAL INJUSTICE ON INTENTION TO MIGRATION AMONG EMPLOYEES IN SRI LANKA WITH THE MODERATION EFFECT OF JOB ENTRENCHMENT

Abstract

Sri Lanka, in the past years, has been providing fertile soil to aspirational emigrants, as millions of Sri Lankans have left the country in the last several decades either permanently or temporarily in search of superior job opportunities. The current study examines how organizational injustice impacts migration intentions and how employment entrenchment moderates this impact. With this in mind, the current research adds to the literature in terms of employment entrenchment as a moderating factor and, therefore, links organizational injustice to migratory aspirations in the special setting of a developing, non-Western country like Sri Lanka. The study carried out in this research surveyed skilled employees currently in employment and systematic random sampling technique was used to collect the data. Out of 298 distributed questionnaires, 225 responses were collected. Thus, findings showcased that organizational injustice positively influences migration intentions, while employment entrenchment moderates the relationship between organizational injustice and migration intentions. Thus, the study gives a clear insight for top level management to facilitate and identify the desired behavior of employees in order to mitigate the labor turnover.

Keywords: Institutional Injustice, Organizational Justice, Procedural Justice, Interactional Justice, Distributive Justice, Employee Migration Intention, Employee Turnover Intentions, Job Entrenchment