Cognitive Flexibility is an ability to adapt to the change of environment. Individuals who are more cognitively flexible show better learning ability, more creativity on solving problems, and better social adaptability. This leads to the importance of cognitive flexibility in the workplace. Because cognitive flexibility could help people adjust themselves to the workplace, it is expected that cognitive flexibility may play a critical role in a culture with more diversity. The aim of this research is to study how cultural differences influence the impact of cognitive flexibility on the turnover intention for general employees. Thus, the cultural variable, serving as a moderator, includes two countries: Indonesia and Taiwan.
Based on ethnicity, Indonesia is defined as a country with more diverse cultures, compared with Taiwan. An online survey is distributed in English to Indonesia and Chinese to Taiwan for data collection. Results of this research showed that employees who have more cognitive flexibility and are from a culture with more diversity (Indonesia) reported higher levels of turnover intention. By contrast, employees who have more cognitive flexibility and are from a culture with less diversity (Taiwan) reported lower levels of turnover intention. The implications of cultural differences in the turnover intention are discussed.

Cognitive Flexibility is an ability to adapt to the change of environment. Individuals who are more cognitively flexible show better learning ability, more creativity on solving problems, and better social adaptability. This leads to the importance of cognitive flexibility in the workplace. Because cognitive flexibility could help people adjust themselves to the workplace, it is expected that cognitive flexibility may play a critical role in a culture with more diversity. The aim of this research is to study how cultural differences influence the impact of cognitive flexibility on the turnover intention for general employees. Thus, the cultural variable, serving as a moderator, includes two countries: Indonesia and Taiwan.
Based on ethnicity, Indonesia is defined as a country with more diverse cultures, compared with Taiwan. An online survey is distributed in English to Indonesia and Chinese to Taiwan for data collection. Results of this research showed that employees who have more cognitive flexibility and are from a culture with more diversity (Indonesia) reported higher levels of turnover intention. By contrast, employees who have more cognitive flexibility and are from a culture with less diversity (Taiwan) reported lower levels of turnover intention. The implications of cultural differences in the turnover intention are discussed.

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