The Relationships Of Job And Life Satisfaction With Intention To Leave Among Unionized Hotel Employees In Turkey

KESER, AŞKIN; Yorgun, Sayım; YILMAZ, GOZDE

The Relationships Of Job And Life Satisfaction With Intention To Leave Among Unionized Hotel Employees In Turkey

Sayım YORGUN, (Kocaeli Üniversitesi, Kocaeli, Türkiye)

Gözde YILMAZ, (Kocaeli Üniversitesi, Kocaeli, Türkiye)

Aşkın KESER (Kocaeli Üniversitesi, Kocaeli, Türkiye)

İş Güç, Endüstri İlişkileri ve İnsan Kaynakları Dergisi

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Yıl: 2009 Cilt: 11 Sayı: 2 Sayfa Aralığı: 57 - 68 Metin Dili: İngilizce İndeks Tarihi: 29-07-2022

The Relationships Of Job And Life Satisfaction With Intention To Leave Among Unionized Hotel Employees In Turkey

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Turnover becomes a major concern for Turkey’s tourism sector in which the experienced labour shortages is common. Studying intention to leave and predictors of it will be enlighting for the growing sector. Moving from this point, this study first tries to reveal the job and life satisfaction level of unionized hotel employees, and then test these variables’ effect on intention to leave among a selection of unionized hotels in Turkey in an attempt to shed light to an underresearched topic in unionized hotel settings. Respondents (n=1298) are the members of TOLEYIS union dispersed to different touristic regions in Turkey. Employees have moderate level of job satisfaction. Results show that demographic variables and the employing hotel have effects on each satisfaction. The effect of job satisfaction and number of hotel’s stars on intention to leave is significant. Implications of the findings and future research directions are discussed.

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APA	Yorgun S, YILMAZ G, KESER A (2009). The Relationships Of Job And Life Satisfaction With Intention To Leave Among Unionized Hotel Employees In Turkey. İş Güç, Endüstri İlişkileri ve İnsan Kaynakları Dergisi, 11(2), 57 - 68.
Chicago	Yorgun Sayım,YILMAZ GOZDE,KESER AŞKIN The Relationships Of Job And Life Satisfaction With Intention To Leave Among Unionized Hotel Employees In Turkey. İş Güç, Endüstri İlişkileri ve İnsan Kaynakları Dergisi 11, no.2 (2009): 57 - 68.
MLA	Yorgun Sayım,YILMAZ GOZDE,KESER AŞKIN The Relationships Of Job And Life Satisfaction With Intention To Leave Among Unionized Hotel Employees In Turkey. İş Güç, Endüstri İlişkileri ve İnsan Kaynakları Dergisi, vol.11, no.2, 2009, ss.57 - 68.
AMA	Yorgun S,YILMAZ G,KESER A The Relationships Of Job And Life Satisfaction With Intention To Leave Among Unionized Hotel Employees In Turkey. İş Güç, Endüstri İlişkileri ve İnsan Kaynakları Dergisi. 2009; 11(2): 57 - 68.
Vancouver	Yorgun S,YILMAZ G,KESER A The Relationships Of Job And Life Satisfaction With Intention To Leave Among Unionized Hotel Employees In Turkey. İş Güç, Endüstri İlişkileri ve İnsan Kaynakları Dergisi. 2009; 11(2): 57 - 68.
IEEE	Yorgun S,YILMAZ G,KESER A "The Relationships Of Job And Life Satisfaction With Intention To Leave Among Unionized Hotel Employees In Turkey." İş Güç, Endüstri İlişkileri ve İnsan Kaynakları Dergisi, 11, ss.57 - 68, 2009.
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