Although researchers have theorized that there exists a curvilinear relationship between job performance and voluntary turnover, their research has been tested in the United States or culturally similar Switzerland. Through a study of the performance-turnover relationship from a multinational service-oriented organization in 24 countries, we demonstrate that the general relationship between performance and turnover is similar across countries but the details of that relationship change across countries. Using 4 cultural dimensions--in-group collectivism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, and performance orientation--we find that cultural factors alter the overall probability of voluntary turnover and influence the degree of curvilinearity in the performance-turnover relationship. Our findings have implications for research on the performance-turnover relationship, turnover research, and practice.

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The kinetic parametc:rs, D and z, for the loss of color, firmness, and vitamin C were determined during the thermal processing of peas canned in 303 x 4OC cans. The Dz50 values for loss of color, firmness, and vitamin C were 13.2 min, 9.2 min, and 246 min, respectively. The corresponding z values were: 69"F, 66"F, and 91"F, respectively. These :esults are in good agreement with those reported in the litera.ure. With proper precautions and corrections for lags, kinetic par;!meters for the loss of quality parameters can be determined durin;; thermal processing of foods in relatively large cans.

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