Effects of family encouragement on migrant workers’ return-to-hometown intention and turnover

Purpose Given migrant workers’ critical role in the Chinese economy, the increasing number of migrant workers who leave their organizations and return to their hometown has caused severe socioeconomic issues in China. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to migrant worker literature by revealing the micro-mechanism underlying migrant workers’ return-to-hometown intention and turnover. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from a...