Research on climate has been explored from multiple perspectives over the years. It is generally agreed that global climate (the mean value of the climate ratings of individual members) is positively related to many important individual and organizational outcomes. However, having a positive global climate is not enough. The level of variability in climate dimensions ratings also matters as it could influence how employees appraise their work environment. In this study, we explored the different roles of climate variability, defined as the level of dispersion across climate dimensions, to explain collective turnover. Drawing on signalling theory, we tested the direct and moderating effects of climate variability on collective turnover using a large and heterogeneous database composed of 25,288 individuals from 150 small-sized to large organizations in different industries. After controlling for global climate, we found that climate variability had a curvilinear association with collective turnover. Although lower levels of climate variability had milder effects on collective turnover, moderate to higher levels of climate variability were associated with higher collective turnover rates. Moreover, climate variability also played a moderating role in the relationship between global climate and collective turnover such that a higher level of climate variability impaired the beneficial effects of a positive global climate on collective turnover. Implications for theory, practice and future research are discussed.

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一致性很重要：探索气候变化对集体流动的不同作用

多年来，人们从多个角度探索了气候研究。人们普遍认为，全球气候（个体成员气候评级的平均值）与许多重要的个人和组织成果呈正相关。然而，仅有积极的全球气候还不够。气候维度评级的变异程度也很重要，因为它可能会影响员工如何评价他们的工作环境。在这项研究中，我们探讨了气候变化的不同作用（定义为跨气候维度的分散程度），以解释集体周转。借鉴信号理论，我们使用一个由来自不同行业 150 个小型到大型组织的 25,288 名个人组成的大型异构数据库测试了气候变化对集体流动的直接影响和调节影响。在控制了全球气候后，我们发现气候变化与集体营业额呈曲线关系。尽管较低水平的气候变化对集体流动率的影响较小，但中度至较高水平的气候变化与较高的集体流动率相关。此外，气候变化还在全球气候与集体流动之间的关系中发挥了调节作用，因此较高水平的气候变化削弱了积极的全球气候对集体流动的有利影响。讨论了对理论、实践和未来研究的影响。