Assessing Factors Affecting Palestinian Employees’ Turnover Intention: A Cross-‎Sectional Analysis

Ismail Salama Iriqat; Sameera Musapih Awawda

doi:10.35516/Hum.2026.7617

Authors

Ismail Salama Iriqat Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Law and Public Administration, Birzeit University, Ramallah, Palestine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5625-2053
Sameera Musapih Awawda Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Birzeit University, Ramallah, Palestine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9612-3544

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/Hum.2026.7617

Keywords:

Employee turnover, public sector, Palestine, work environment, demographic factors

Abstract

Objectives: Employee turnover may have adverse consequences on the performance of institutions. Yet, the empirical evidence on its determinants in Palestine are very scarce. The goal of this paper is to assess the determinants of turnover intention in Palestine with a special focus on the differences between the public and private sectors.

Methods: This paper uses the labor force survey of 2020 and the logistic regression of the turnover intention.

Results: Results show that the turnover intention is negatively associated with age, a positive work environment, good health conditions, high wages and job duration. However, the turnover intention is positively associated with employees’ educational level. Results also show that female employees, civil servants, employees in the Gaza Strip and healthy employees are less likely to leave their jobs compared to their counterparts.

Conclusions: Although the study’s results show a relatively low turnover intention in the Palestinian labor market, institutions should improve working conditions to minimize such behavior in order to avoid ensuing direct and indirect costs.

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