Mean | First percentile | 99th percentile | |||
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Turnover | |||||
Stay | 0.70 | 0.46 | 0 | 1 | 128,816 |
Internal turnover | 0.28 | 0.45 | 0 | 1 | 128,816 |
External turnover | 0.02 | 0.16 | 0 | 1 | 128,816 |
Language of choice | 40.51 | 0.74 | 1.8 | 5 | 128,816 |
French | 0.34 | 0.47 | 0 | 1 | 128,816 |
Years in public service | 13.62 | 8.15 | 0 | 34 | 128,816 |
Female | 0.55 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 128,816 |
Racial majority | 0.81 | 0.40 | 0 | 1 | 128,816 |
Age | 128,816 | ||||
Under 25 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0 | 1 | 128,816 |
25–29 | 0.05 | 0.22 | 0 | 1 | 128,816 |
30–34 | 0.10 | 0.30 | 0 | 1 | 128,816 |
35–39 | 0.15 | 0.36 | 0 | 1 | 128,816 |
40–44 | 0.17 | 0.38 | 0 | 1 | 128,816 |
45–49 | 0.17 | 0.38 | 0 | 1 | 128,816 |
50–54 | 0.18 | 0.38 | 0 | 1 | 128,816 |
55–59 | 0.11 | 0.32 | 0 | 1 | 128,816 |
Over 59 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 0 | 1 | 128,816 |
Education | 128,816 | ||||
High school or less | 0.13 | 0.33 | 0 | 1 | 128,816 |
Non-university diploma | 0.26 | 0.44 | 0 | 1 | 128,816 |
University certificate | 0.05 | 0.21 | 0 | 1 | 128,816 |
Bachelor’s degree | 0.33 | 0.47 | 0 | 1 | 128,816 |
Above bachelor’s | 0.24 | 0.43 | 0 | 1 | 128,816 |
Work-life balance | 4.01 | 1.17 | 1 | 5 | 128,816 |
Supervisor support | 4.25 | 1.09 | 1 | 5 | 128,816 |
Supervisor position | 0.28 | 0.45 | 0 | 1 | 128,816 |
Diversity management | 4.08 | 0.91 | 1 | 5 |
Independent variables, control variables, methods and models.
H2: the relationship between difficulty to use one’s official language of choice and internal and external turnover intention is moderated by linguistic minority status.
I | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
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Model | RRR | RRR | RRR | RRR | RRR | RRR | ||||||
Internal turnover | ||||||||||||
Language of choice | 0.65 | 0.01 | 0.65 | 0.01 | 0.83 | 0.01 | 0.60 | 0.01 | 0.59 | 0.01 | 0.83 | 0.02 |
French | 0.81 | 0.02 | 0.79 | 0.02 | 0.96 | 0.02 | 0.45 | 0.05 | 0.39 | 0.05 | 0.97 | 0.13 |
LU × French | 1.15 | 0.03 | 1.18 | 0.03 | 1.00 | 0.03 | ||||||
Years | 1.04 | 0.00 | 1.08 | 0.00 | 1.05 | 0.01 | 1.04 | 0.00 | 1.08 | 0.00 | 1.05 | 0.01 |
Years | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 |
Female | 1.16 | 0.02 | 1.19 | 0.02 | 1.16 | 0.02 | 1.19 | 0.02 | ||||
Racial majority | 0.74 | 0.02 | .75 | 0.02 | 0.74 | 0.02 | 0.75 | 0.02 | ||||
Age | ||||||||||||
Under 25 | ( .) | ( .) | ( .) | ( .) | ||||||||
25–29 | 0.80 | 0.07 | 0.76 | 0.07 | 0.79 | 0.07 | 0.76 | 0.07 | ||||
30–34 | 0.56 | 0.05 | 0.53 | 0.05 | 0.56 | 0.05 | 0.53 | 0.05 | ||||
35–39 | 0.48 | 0.04 | 0.45 | 0.04 | 0.48 | 0.04 | 0.45 | 0.04 | ||||
40–44 | 0.39 | 0.03 | 0.36 | 0.03 | 0.39 | 0.03 | 0.36 | 0.03 | ||||
45–49 | 0.33 | 0.03 | 0.31 | 0.03 | 0.33 | 0.03 | 0.31 | 0.03 | ||||
50–54 | 0.23 | 0.02 | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.23 | 0.02 | 0.20 | 0.02 | ||||
55–59 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.01 | ||||
Over 59 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.01 | ||||
Education | ||||||||||||
High school or less | ( .) | ( .) | ( .) | ( .) | ||||||||
Non–university diploma | 0.98 | 0.03 | 0.97 | 0.04 | 0.99 | 0.03 | 0.97 | 0.04 | ||||
University certificate | 1.44 | 0.08 | 1.38 | 0.08 | 1.45 | 0.08 | 1.38 | 0.08 | ||||
Bachelor’s degree | 1.44 | 0.05 | 1.43 | 0.05 | 1.45 | 0.05 | 1.43 | 0.05 | ||||
Above bachelor | 1.63 | 0.06 | 1.59 | 0.06 | 1.65 | 0.06 | 1.59 | 0.06 | ||||
Supervisor | 1.51 | 0.03 | 1.51 | 0.03 | ||||||||
Work-life balance | 0.80 | 0.01 | 0.83 | 0.01 | ||||||||
Supervisor support | 0.82 | 0.01 | 0.80 | 0.01 | ||||||||
Diversity management | 0.80 | 0.01 | 0.80 | 0.01 | ||||||||
Constant | 3.19 | 0.21 | 5.52 | 0.59 | 25.70 | 3.10 | 4.66 | 0.48 | 8.7 | 1.18 | 25.46 | 3.81 |
External turnover | ||||||||||||
Language of choice | 0.47 | 0.01 | 0.48 | 0.01 | 0.81 | 0.03 | 0.44 | 0.02 | 0.44 | 0.02 | 0.85 | 0.04 |
French | 0.32 | 0.02 | 0.33 | 0.02 | 0.53 | 0.04 | 0.18 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.04 | 0.80 | 0.23 |
LU × French | 1.14 | 0.07 | 1.22 | 0.07 | 0.90 | 0.06 | ||||||
Years | 0.95 | 0.01 | 1.01 | 0.01 | 0.97 | 0.01 | 0.95 | 0.01 | 1.01 | 0.01 | 0.97 | 0.01 |
Years | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 |
Female | 0.65 | 0.03 | 0.63 | 0.03 | 0.65 | 0.03 | 0.63 | 0.03 | ||||
Racial majority | 0.77 | 0.05 | 0.86 | 0.06 | 0.77 | 0.05 | 0.86 | 0.06 | ||||
Age | ||||||||||||
Under 25 | ( .) | ( .) | ( .) | ( .) | ||||||||
25–29 | 0.68 | 0.13 | 0.61 | 0.13 | 0.68 | 0.13 | 0.61 | 0.13 | ||||
30–34 | 0.42 | 0.08 | 0.36 | 0.07 | 0.42 | 0.08 | 0.36 | 0.07 | ||||
35–39 | 0.35 | 0.07 | 0.30 | 0.06 | 0.35 | 0.07 | 0.30 | 0.06 | ||||
40–44 | 0.25 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 0.05 | 0.25 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 0.05 | ||||
45–49 | 0.18 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.18 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.03 | ||||
50–54 | 0.17 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.17 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.03 | ||||
55–59 | 0.19 | 0.04 | 0.16 | 0.04 | 0.19 | 0.04 | 0.16 | 0.04 | ||||
Over 59 | 0.18 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.18 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.03 | ||||
Education | ||||||||||||
High school or less | ( .) | ( .) | ( .) | ( .) | ||||||||
Non-university diploma | 1.47 | 0.19 | 1.44 | 0.19 | 1.47 | 0.19 | 1.44 | 0.19 | ||||
University certificate | 2.63 | 0.43 | 2.63 | 0.45 | 2.64 | 0.44 | 2.63 | 0.45 | ||||
Bachelor’s degree | 2.18 | 0.27 | 2.33 | 0.29 | 2.20 | 0.27 | 2.33 | 0.29 | ||||
Above bachelor | 3.31 | 0.40 | 3.76 | 0.47 | 3.36 | 0.41 | 3.74 | 0.47 | ||||
Supervisor | 1.23 | 0.08 | 1.23 | 0.08 | ||||||||
Work-life balance | 0.71 | 0.02 | 0.71 | 0.02 | ||||||||
Supervisor support | 0.75 | 0.02 | 0.75 | 0.02 | ||||||||
Diversity management | 0.60 | 0.02 | 0.60 | 0.02 | ||||||||
Constant | 2.18 | .33 | 2.93 | .78 | 27.02 | 7.76 | 2.95 | .55 | 4.51 | 1.31 | 22.91 | 7.28 |
Pseudo | .03 | .07 | .12 | .03 | .07 | .12 | ||||||
76,007 | 74,503 | 70,376 | 76,007 | 74,503 | 70,376 |
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