Abstract
This paper is aimed at examining the direct impact of Perceived Investment in employee development (PIED) on work related attitudes like organizational commitment (COMM) and motivation (MOTI) and how these attitudes shape employee turnover intentions (TOI). Information Technology (IT) sector was selected for investigation and 424 members of different call centers and software houses registered with Pakistan software export board (PSEB) provided the data. It was a cross sectional research and survey method was used to collect data. The results were drawn by using Structure equation modeling. It was concluded that PIED, COMM and MOTI has a significant and negative impact on TOI. Further, PIED has a significant and positive impact on COMM and MOTI. The result of mediation analysis showed that COMM significantly mediated the relationship between PIED and TOI however MOTI partially mediates the relationship between PIED and TOI.