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Perceived Work Status And Turnover Intentions Of Casual-Dining Restaurant Employees, Robin B. Dipietro, Brumby Mcleod Jan 2011

Perceived Work Status And Turnover Intentions Of Casual-Dining Restaurant Employees, Robin B. Dipietro, Brumby Mcleod

Hospitality Review

The current research examined the effects of perceived work status of hourly employees on the established relationships between turnover intentions and the constructs of autonomy, affective organizational commitment, perceived management concern for employees, and perceived management concern for customers in the casual-dining restaurant industry. Surveys were collected from 296 employees of a multi-unit casual-dining restaurant franchise, part of a large, national, casual-dining restaurant chain. Employeeswith perceived part-time work status revealed a generally negative trend in factors shown to contribute to turnover. Employees who perceived their work status as parttime also showed significantly lower levels of affective organizational commitment than those …


Identifying Training Challenges In Hospitality Industry: An Exploratory Approach , Valentini Kalargyrou, Robert H. Woods Jan 2011

Identifying Training Challenges In Hospitality Industry: An Exploratory Approach , Valentini Kalargyrou, Robert H. Woods

Hospitality Review

The current study investigated the effects of job satisfaction and organizational commitment on organizational citizenship behavior and turnover intentions. The study also examined the effect of organizational citizenship behavior on turnover intentions. Frontline employees working in five-star hotels in North Cyprus were selected as a sample. The result of multiple regression analyses revealed that job satisfaction is positively related to organizational citizenship behavior and negatively related to turnover intentions. Affective organizational commitment was found to be positively related to organizational citizenship behavior. However, the study found no significant relationship between organizational commitment and turnover intentions. Furthermore, organizational citizenship behavior was …