Paper #1

Job Transfer Intention of Teachers in the Three Southern Provinces of Thailand

Patipat Kittichokwattana, Azhar Harun and Zawiyah Mohd Zain

Abstract: This study aims to examine the effect of control, community, and values fit on job transfer intention and the indirect effect through regulatory failure and job burnout. A total of 371 teachers from public primary schools in the three southern provinces of Thailand were randomly selected. The questionnaire was administered to examine how they agreed or disagreed with the statements. The partial least square structural equation model and the disjoin two-stage approach were used to analyse the data. The results reveal that community, values, regulatory failure, and job burnout collectively predict job transfer intention with a moderate level of predictive accuracy. The mediation analysis asserted the complex mechanism of regulatory failure and job burnout in the relationship between community and values fit toward job transfer intention. This study asserts the association between person-environment fit and regulatory failure by the referent point definition. It also illustrates how regulatory failure affects job burnout and the subsequent behaviour intention. The study presents an interesting discussion based on findings and avenues for future research to extend the current work.

Keywords: Job Burnout; Job Transfer Intention; Person-Environment Fit; Regulatory Failure; Thailand.