Table I

Example of possible negative consequences of turnover

OrganizationIndividual who leavesIndividual who remainsSociety
Costs (recruitment, admission, adjustment, training)Loss of the condition of old employee and correlative gratificationsShake in social and communicational patternIncreasing of the production coasts
Costs of substitutionLoss of extraoficial benefitsEvasion of work colleaguesInability of the region to keep and attract industries
Costs of dismissal proceduresShake in systems of social and familiar supportLess satisfaction 
Shake in social and communicative structuresStress related to transitionIncreasing of work load 
Evasion of high performance employeesInterference in the flow of spouse careerLess cohesion 
Less satisfaction among who remainsRegression in career flowLess commitment 
Stimulus to use indifferenced strategies to control the turnover   

Source: Mobley (1992, p. 51)

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