The Role of Biodata and Career Anchors on Turnover Intentions Among Hospitality and Tourism Educators

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 196-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph M. La Lopa ◽  
Jeffrey Beck ◽  
Richard Ghiselli
Keyword(s):  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Career Anchors ◽  
Hospitality And Tourism

scholarly journals Employees’ work engagement and job commitment: The moderating role of career anchors

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Melinde Coetzee ◽  
Dries Schreuder ◽  
Rebecca Tladinyane
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Career Anchors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Job Commitment ◽  
Competitive Edge ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Career Literature

Orientation: Organisations continue to focus on human resource initiatives for enhancingemployee commitment, satisfaction and engagement in order to gain a competitive edge in adynamic and fast-changing marketplace.Research purpose: The objective of the present study was to assess whether individuals’career anchors (measured by the career orientations inventory) significantly moderate therelationship between their work engagement (measured by the Utrecht work engagementscale) and job commitment (measured by the organisation-related commitment scale).Motivation for the study: Although the literature review suggests that people’s workengagement and job commitment may be influenced by their career anchors, there seems to bea paucity of research examining the interaction effects between these three variables.Research approach, design and method: A cross-sectional quantitative survey approach wasused. A non-probability purposive sample of adults (N = 318) employed in a human resourcecapacity in the South African service industry participated in the study. Stepwise hierarchicalmoderated regression analysis was performed to achieve the objective of the study.Main findings: The results showed that the work engagement-job commitment relationshipwas generally stronger for high career anchor preferences than for low career anchorpreferences.Practical/managerial implications: The results of the study can be useful when human resourceinterventions for enhancing employees’ engagement and commitment are developed.Contribution: The results of the study add new insights to the career literature by showing thatpeople’s career self-concepts (as reflected by their career anchors) are important to consider inenhancing their work engagement and job commitment.

scholarly journals Use of flexible work practices and employee outcomes: the role of work–life balance and employee age

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Tahrima Ferdous ◽  
Muhammad Ali ◽  
Erica French
Keyword(s):  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Work Practices ◽  
Flexible Work ◽  
Employee Outcomes ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Flexible Work Practices ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Employee Age

Abstract Flexible work practices (FWPs) give employees some control over when and where they work. Using boundary theory and role balance theory, this study proposes and tests a mediation model focusing on how the relationships between FWPs usage and employee outcomes (i.e., wellbeing and turnover intention) are mediated by work−life balance (WLB). It also tests the moderating role of employee age on the relationship between WLB and employee outcomes using socioemotional selectivity theory. The model was tested using survey data from 293 employees of an Australian for-profit organization. The findings indicate that FWPs usage is positively associated with WLB, WLB is positively associated with wellbeing and negatively with turnover intentions, and WLB partially mediates the relationships between FWPs usage and employee outcomes. The results provide partial support that employee age moderates the relationship between WLB and turnover intentions. Theoretical, research and practical contributions are discussed.

Bullying and turnover intentions: how creative employees overcome perceptions of dysfunctional organizational politics

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk De Clercq ◽  
Tasneem Fatima ◽  
Sadia Jahanzeb
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Climate ◽  
Workplace Bullying ◽  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Organizational Politics ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organizational Environments ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

PurposeThis study seeks to unpack the relationship between employees' exposure to workplace bullying and their turnover intentions, with a particular focus on the possible mediating role of perceived organizational politics and moderating role of creativity.Design/methodology/approachThe hypotheses are tested with multi-source, multi-wave data collected from employees and their peers in various organizations.FindingsWorkplace bullying spurs turnover intentions because employees believe they operate in strongly politicized organizational environments. This mediating role of perceived organizational politics is mitigated to the extent that employees can draw from their creative skills though.Practical implicationsFor managers, this study pinpoints a critical reason – employees perceive that they operate in an organizational climate that endorses dysfunctional politics – by which bullying behaviors stimulate desires to leave the organization. It also reveals how this process might be contained by spurring employees' creativity.Originality/valueThis study provides novel insights into the process that underlies the connection between workplace bullying and quitting intentions by revealing the hitherto overlooked roles of employees' beliefs about dysfunctional politics and their own creativity levels.

Going digital is the only way forward for the Indian hospitality and tourism industry

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandeep Munjal ◽  
Anjana Singh
Keyword(s):  
Customer Experience ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Theme Issue ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Rapid Pace ◽  
Hospitality And Tourism ◽  
Hospitality And Tourism Industry

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review and summarize the theme issue outcomes in relation to the strategic question: How is the hospitality and tourism industry in India responding to the dynamic digital era? Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on the findings of the theme issue contributors to identify the response of the Indian hospitality and tourism industry towards the rapid pace of digitization and use of technology. Findings The summary highlights the research on various facets of digital push with respect to marketing of products and services, role of data analytics, use of technology tools in operations to impact customer experience. It has implications for industry practitioners, researchers and policymakers. Practical implications It is quite clear that technology needs to be embraced by the hospitality and tourism Industry in India at a faster pace to compete well globally, deployment of digital technology has potential to positively impact efficiencies and quality of customer experience. There are huge implications for how digital marketing is going to become a critical part of the marketing strategy at large. Originality/value The research in this theme provides insight from both practitioner and academic perspectives provide a take on the ground realities with respect to how the hospitality and tourism businesses in India are changing how they work in the digital era.

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