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This study examines the influence of organizational commitment on the lecturer’s turnover intentions in PHEIs in Malaysia. The elements of organizational commitment include affective, continuance, and normative commitment. The objective of this research is to investigate the relationship between affective, continuance, and normative commitment toward turnover intentions. This study is fully quantitative and focuses on PHEIs with college status in Malaysia, consisting of 335 colleges. The total population of lecturers in these colleges is 7,771. Research instruments adopted the Turnover Intentions Scale (TIS-6) and the Three Component Model (TCM). The online questionnaires were distributed for data collection and 369 data were collected. The data was analyzed using Associational Inferential Analysis. The collected data is input into statistical software the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) for analysis. The finding shows that there are adverse relationship between affective and normative commitment with turnover intentions. Whereas, continuance commitment shows no relationship with turnover intentions. In conclusion, affective and normative commitments have a direct influence on turnover intentions among the lecturers at PHEIs in Malaysia. This study is significant as it concentrates on the private higher education sector in Malaysia. The findings could assist PHEIs in formulating strategic plans to decrease turnover rates and maintain a skillful workforce in the institutions.
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