Proactive Personality and Organizational Change: Factors Affecting Retention

Abstract

In today’s borderless world where change is the only constant, organizations need to work on building a workforce, which can not only survive but also thrive in such a volatile environment. Proactive individuals actively create environmental change. The purpose of the present study was to empirically test the mechanism by which proactive personality is related to intent to remain with the organization through three important factors—managerial communication, affective commitment to change and job satisfaction. The results supported the mediating effect of all the three factors. Implications for organizations and future research are discussed.