The relationship between intention to quit, pyschological capital and job satisfaction in the tourism industry in the Western Cape

Magister Commercii - MCom === The current research aims to identify the variables that influence turnover intentions. In particular, this research explored the concept of turnover intentions by investigating the mediating effects of job satisfaction and psychological capital amongst a sample of 70 e...

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Main Author:	Appollis, Verna Patricia
Other Authors:	Heslop, Karl
Language:	en
Published:	University of the Western Cape 2013
Subjects:	Psychological capital Intention to quit Job satisfaction Hope Resilience Optimism Self-efficacy Positive organisational behaviour Positive psychology Tourism industry
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2302

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description	Magister Commercii - MCom === The current research aims to identify the variables that influence turnover intentions. In particular, this research explored the concept of turnover intentions by investigating the mediating effects of job satisfaction and psychological capital amongst a sample of 70 employees involved in the tourism industry. The study highlights that employees within the tourism industry within the Western Cape were the most satisfied with work content, and the least satisfied with leadership / supervision. The results emanating from the current study indicate that there is a strong, inverse relationship between job satisfaction and turnover intention amongst tourism employees in the Western Cape. Furthermore, the study revealed that a statistically significant, inverse relationship exists between psychological capital and turnover intention. Multiple regression analysis revealed these variables significantly explained the variance in turnover intention. === South Africa
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The relationship between intention to quit, pyschological capital and job satisfaction in the tourism industry in the Western Cape

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