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The Impact Of Coping Strategies On Occupational Stress And Turnover Intentions Among Hotel Employees, Songshan (Sam) Huang, Robert Van Der Veen, Zhenchun Song
The Impact Of Coping Strategies On Occupational Stress And Turnover Intentions Among Hotel Employees, Songshan (Sam) Huang, Robert Van Der Veen, Zhenchun Song
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
This study examined the impact of problem solving, social support and avoidance as coping strategies on occupational stress and turnover intentions among hotel employees. Using a sample of 455 employees from seven hotels in Shandong Province, China, the study found that problem solving as a coping strategy predicts lower levels of occupational stress. Both social support and avoidance strategies were found to increase occupational stress instead. Occupational stress was positively correlated with hotel employees’ intentions to leave and the study furthermore clarified the role of occupational stress as an important mediator in the relationship between coping strategies and turnover intentions. …