The relationship of organisational commitment and turnover intention amongst tourism employees in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah: the moderating effect the job tenure

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between components of organisational commitment (affective, continuance and normative) towards turnover intention amongst tourism employees and the effect of job tenure as mediator, specifically those employed by tour operators in Kota Kina...

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Main Author: Norzaris Abdul
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/17901/1/The%20relationship%20of%20organisational%20commitment%20.pdf
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description The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between components of organisational commitment (affective, continuance and normative) towards turnover intention amongst tourism employees and the effect of job tenure as mediator, specifically those employed by tour operators in Kota Kinabalu. A total of 110 tour operator employees completed the questionnaire. A self-administrated was used by the researchers to collect data. The results indicate that affective commitment and normative commitment were negatively related to turnover intention. While continuance commitment were not negatively related to turnover intention. This study found out job tenure did not moderate the relationship between organization commitment and turnover intention. Findings could highlight the importance of tour operator creating strong relationships with employees, and not just tourists
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spelling ums.eprints-179012017-12-28T22:54:03Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/17901/ The relationship of organisational commitment and turnover intention amongst tourism employees in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah: the moderating effect the job tenure Norzaris Abdul HD58.7-58.95 Organizational behavior, change and effectiveness. Corporate culture The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between components of organisational commitment (affective, continuance and normative) towards turnover intention amongst tourism employees and the effect of job tenure as mediator, specifically those employed by tour operators in Kota Kinabalu. A total of 110 tour operator employees completed the questionnaire. A self-administrated was used by the researchers to collect data. The results indicate that affective commitment and normative commitment were negatively related to turnover intention. While continuance commitment were not negatively related to turnover intention. This study found out job tenure did not moderate the relationship between organization commitment and turnover intention. Findings could highlight the importance of tour operator creating strong relationships with employees, and not just tourists 2014 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/17901/1/The%20relationship%20of%20organisational%20commitment%20.pdf Norzaris Abdul (2014) The relationship of organisational commitment and turnover intention amongst tourism employees in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah: the moderating effect the job tenure. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaysia Sabah.
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The relationship of organisational commitment and turnover intention amongst tourism employees in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah: the moderating effect the job tenure
title The relationship of organisational commitment and turnover intention amongst tourism employees in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah: the moderating effect the job tenure
title_full The relationship of organisational commitment and turnover intention amongst tourism employees in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah: the moderating effect the job tenure
title_fullStr The relationship of organisational commitment and turnover intention amongst tourism employees in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah: the moderating effect the job tenure
title_full_unstemmed The relationship of organisational commitment and turnover intention amongst tourism employees in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah: the moderating effect the job tenure
title_short The relationship of organisational commitment and turnover intention amongst tourism employees in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah: the moderating effect the job tenure
title_sort relationship of organisational commitment and turnover intention amongst tourism employees in kota kinabalu sabah the moderating effect the job tenure
topic HD58.7-58.95 Organizational behavior, change and effectiveness. Corporate culture
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