Magnetizing & retaining the finest talent in hospitality sector, an empirical study of determinants of job satisfaction and effects on employee turnover in the hotels of Kuala Lumpur City Center
Magnetizing & retaining the finest talent in hospitality sector, an empirical study of determinants of job satisfaction and effects on employee turnover in the hotels of Kuala Lumpur City Center
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2012-12-00
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Anshul Garg
Gopinath Sangaran
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The hospitality sector is labeled as a service sector which provides services to their guest. The industry requires manpower to cope and provide to the guest demands. This situation creates the industry to be labour intensive. How about manpower supply to the industry? Over the years employee turnover has become part of the industries challenge to retain and employ new workforce. The research was to understand the determinants of job satisfaction and effects on employee turnover in the hotels. The focus was on the hospitality industry food and beverage department operational employees. The research tried to assess the determinants of job satisfaction and their decision to quit therefore creating a situation of turnover. The research revealed that choice of work and job performance influenced turnover and the main factors of job satisfaction that lead to turnover were wages/salary and opportunity for advancement/career progression. The analysis also revealed that there need to be a balance in order to attract and maintain potential employees as all factors that affect job satisfaction directly leads to turnover.
Full text access : School of Hospitality, Tourism & Culinary Arts, Taylor’s University, Malaysia (e-mail: anshul.garg@taylors.edu.my)
Full text access : School of Hospitality, Tourism & Culinary Arts, Taylor’s University, Malaysia (e-mail: anshul.garg@taylors.edu.my)
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Magnetizing & retaining the finest talent in hospitality sector, an empirical study of determinants of job satisfaction and effects on employee turnover in the hotels of Kuala Lumpur City Center
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Anshul Garg
Gopinath Sangaran
Gopinath Sangaran
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2012-12-00
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The hospitality sector is labeled as a service sector which provides services to their guest. The industry requires manpower to cope and provide to the guest demands. This situation creates the industry to be labour intensive. How about manpower supply to the industry? Over the years employee turnover has become part of the industries challenge to retain and employ new workforce. The research was to understand the determinants of job satisfaction and effects on employee turnover in the hotels. The focus was on the hospitality industry food and beverage department operational employees. The research tried to assess the determinants of job satisfaction and their decision to quit therefore creating a situation of turnover. The research revealed that choice of work and job performance influenced turnover and the main factors of job satisfaction that lead to turnover were wages/salary and opportunity for advancement/career progression. The analysis also revealed that there need to be a balance in order to attract and maintain potential employees as all factors that affect job satisfaction directly leads to turnover.
Full text access : School of Hospitality, Tourism & Culinary Arts, Taylor’s University, Malaysia (e-mail: anshul.garg@taylors.edu.my)
Full text access : School of Hospitality, Tourism & Culinary Arts, Taylor’s University, Malaysia (e-mail: anshul.garg@taylors.edu.my)
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Hospitality industry--Kuala Lumpur--Malaysia--Personnel management
Job satisfaction--Kuala Lumpur--Malaysia
Occupational mobility--Kuala Lumpur--Malaysia
Job satisfaction--Kuala Lumpur--Malaysia
Occupational mobility--Kuala Lumpur--Malaysia
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