The article introduces a new construct called "job embeddedness," which includes individuals' links to people, teams, and groups, their perceptions of fit with the job, organization, and community, and the sacrifices they would have to make if they left their jobs. The authors developed a measure of job embeddedness using two samples and found that it predicts both intent to leave and voluntary turnover, explaining significant incremental variance over and above job satisfaction, organizational commitment, job alternatives, and job search. The article reviews existing literature on organizational attachment, defines job embeddedness, and compares it with other constructs such as organizational commitment and job satisfaction. It also discusses how employers can influence job embeddedness to affect employee retention. The study uses data from a grocery store chain and a community hospital to test the hypotheses and find that job embeddedness is negatively correlated with employee intent to leave and subsequent voluntary turnover, improves the prediction of voluntary turnover, and accounts for prediction beyond job satisfaction, organizational commitment, perceived alternatives, and job search.The article introduces a new construct called "job embeddedness," which includes individuals' links to people, teams, and groups, their perceptions of fit with the job, organization, and community, and the sacrifices they would have to make if they left their jobs. The authors developed a measure of job embeddedness using two samples and found that it predicts both intent to leave and voluntary turnover, explaining significant incremental variance over and above job satisfaction, organizational commitment, job alternatives, and job search. The article reviews existing literature on organizational attachment, defines job embeddedness, and compares it with other constructs such as organizational commitment and job satisfaction. It also discusses how employers can influence job embeddedness to affect employee retention. The study uses data from a grocery store chain and a community hospital to test the hypotheses and find that job embeddedness is negatively correlated with employee intent to leave and subsequent voluntary turnover, improves the prediction of voluntary turnover, and accounts for prediction beyond job satisfaction, organizational commitment, perceived alternatives, and job search.