Will intent to quit always make trouble? Investigating the roles of strategic HRM and meaningfulness in work

Limited empirical research has been conducted on the mediational influence of employees’ intent to quit (IQ) and strategic HRM (SHRM) to examine meaningfulness in work (MW). Applying the Psychological Contract Theory, this paper examines the mediating influence of employees’ IQ on the relationship between SHRM and MW. Four hypotheses were tested using data from 200 full-time Bangladeshi employees through a web-based online survey. The results indicate that SHRM has significant effects both on employees’ IQ and MW, and a partial mediational impact on their relationship to each other. Moreover, the influence of employees’ IQ on MW was also negative. This paper suggests that organisations aiming higher MW should encourage SHRM and improve their strategic approaches of HRM to reduce IQ.