Study on Motivation to Protect Existing Valued Resources in Employee Retention

Based on employee retention research and social resources theory, this paper proposes a construct of motivation to protect existing resources, the purpose of which is to develop and validate an instrument measuring the construct, in order to indicate the motivation mechanism behind the predictors in employee retention research. The paper develops a three-factor structure scale to measure the motivation based on a qualitative research such as the interview and the literature and validates the scale by empirical study. Finally, the implications of the construct to theory and practice are discussed.