Labour turnover has been an important research topic in social science over the past century, involving disciplines such as human resource management, industrial relations, organizational behaviour, individual and organizational psychology, economics and health sciences. This paper presents a systematic literature review of voluntary labour turnover, providing an in-depth analysis of 1375 labour turnover studies published up to July 2019 in 142 academic journals listed in the Chartered Association of Business Schools Academic Journal Guide 2018. The analysis of theoretical and empirical labour turnover studies reveals: (1) distinctive foci in the development of labour turnover research over the past hundred years; (2) relative lack of attention to testing specific labour turnover theories; (3) a prevailing quantitative approach to identifying antecedents of labour turnover; (4) increased reliance on turnover intention as a proxy for actual turnover. This paper highlights these trends over time, providing insight into problematic areas from theoretical, methodological and empirical points of view. We suggest avenues for a more productive route to coherent theoretical, methodological and empirical development of labour turnover research.

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一个世纪的劳动力流动研究：系统文献回顾

劳动力流动是上个世纪社会科学的一个重要研究课题，涉及人力资源管理、劳资关系、组织行为学、个人和组织心理学、经济学和健康科学等学科。本文对自愿劳动力流动进行了系统的文献综述，深入分析了截至 2019 年 7 月在英国特许商学院协会学术期刊指南 2018中列出的 142 种学术期刊上发表的 1375 项劳动力流动研究. 对理论和实证劳动力流失研究的分析表明：（1）百年来劳动力流失研究发展的重点鲜明；(2) 对检验具体的劳动力流失理论相对缺乏关注；(3) 识别劳动力流失前因的流行定量方法；(4) 更依赖换手意向作为实际换手的指标。本文强调了这些趋势随着时间的推移，从理论、方法和经验的角度深入了解有问题的领域。我们提出了一条更富有成效的途径，以实现劳动力流动研究的连贯理论、方法和经验发展。