Predictors of Job Embeddedness Cezar Giosan, Ph.D. 1 One of the recent developments in the voluntary turnover research is the embeddedness model. Job embeddedness is formed of six dimensions: links-community, fit-community, sacrifice-communi- ty, links-organization, fit-organization, and sacrifice- organization (Mitchell et al., 2001). Identifying some predictors of job embeddedness and its dimensions was the focus of the present study. Two samples of employees were used: Sample one consisted of 172 employees working full-time for various organizations, while sample two consisted of 129 employees working full-time for the same organization. Both samples completed a series of self-reports targeting various potential antecedents along with the job embeddedness survey. Sample one completed the antecedents questionnaire and the embeddedness survey at different points in time. Sample two completed both the antecedents questionnaire and the embeddedness survey at a single point in time. Drawing from social psycholo- gy, personality theory, organizational psychology, and evolutionary psychology, it was hypothesized that age, time, strength of attachment, number of children, personality traits, perceptions about work, 1. Department of Psychology, Graduate Faculty, New School University, New York, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, USA The Id: Graduate Faculty, Psychology Society Bulletin Volume 1, No. 1, 2003 The Id: Fall 2003 - Vol. 1