Investigating on job hopping behavior among restaurant employees in Malaysia

Job hopping behavior among employees has existed ever since the inception of the industry. Today, in well-developed restaurant industry, job hopping is viewed as a typical practice among employees. When many options of job vacancy became available, an employee left an organization that cannot match...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ghazali, Hazrina, Roslan, Nur Nabiha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian Economic and Social Society 2020
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89437/1/JOB.pdf
_version_ 1796982163508297728
author Ghazali, Hazrina
Roslan, Nur Nabiha
author_facet Ghazali, Hazrina
Roslan, Nur Nabiha
author_sort Ghazali, Hazrina
collection UPM
description Job hopping behavior among employees has existed ever since the inception of the industry. Today, in well-developed restaurant industry, job hopping is viewed as a typical practice among employees. When many options of job vacancy became available, an employee left an organization that cannot match with his expectations and move to another organization. However, this job hopping behavior was considered as normal behavior. As employees are considered a major capital for any organization, the relationship on job-hopping behavior with employees need to be investigated. The researcher sheds light on this situation from the manager’s point of view. This research aims to identify the reasons of job hopping behavior among employees. This research employed qualitative approach by using face-to-face interview. The data was gathered through semi-structured interview and a total of 10 restaurant managers from casual dining restaurants were voluntarily participated and interviewed in this research. Based on the interview data, it revealed six reasons that associated with employees’ job hopping which include financial and benefit, career growth, job security, social influences, working environment and low passion for jobs. Findings of this research hoped will help the restaurant owner and human resource division to highlight factors that lead to job hopping behavior. Additionally, findings of this study also expected to provide a better understanding to formulate effective measures and ultimately minimize job hopping from occur in the restaurants.
first_indexed 2024-03-06T10:47:58Z
format Article
id upm.eprints-89437
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
language English
last_indexed 2024-03-06T10:47:58Z
publishDate 2020
publisher Asian Economic and Social Society
record_format dspace
spelling upm.eprints-894372021-08-16T23:01:38Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89437/ Investigating on job hopping behavior among restaurant employees in Malaysia Ghazali, Hazrina Roslan, Nur Nabiha Job hopping behavior among employees has existed ever since the inception of the industry. Today, in well-developed restaurant industry, job hopping is viewed as a typical practice among employees. When many options of job vacancy became available, an employee left an organization that cannot match with his expectations and move to another organization. However, this job hopping behavior was considered as normal behavior. As employees are considered a major capital for any organization, the relationship on job-hopping behavior with employees need to be investigated. The researcher sheds light on this situation from the manager’s point of view. This research aims to identify the reasons of job hopping behavior among employees. This research employed qualitative approach by using face-to-face interview. The data was gathered through semi-structured interview and a total of 10 restaurant managers from casual dining restaurants were voluntarily participated and interviewed in this research. Based on the interview data, it revealed six reasons that associated with employees’ job hopping which include financial and benefit, career growth, job security, social influences, working environment and low passion for jobs. Findings of this research hoped will help the restaurant owner and human resource division to highlight factors that lead to job hopping behavior. Additionally, findings of this study also expected to provide a better understanding to formulate effective measures and ultimately minimize job hopping from occur in the restaurants. Asian Economic and Social Society 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89437/1/JOB.pdf Ghazali, Hazrina and Roslan, Nur Nabiha (2020) Investigating on job hopping behavior among restaurant employees in Malaysia. International Journal of Asian Social Science, 10 (11). 706 - 714. ISSN 2226-5139; ESSN: 2224-4441 http://www.aessweb.com/journals/November2020/5007/5193 10.18488/journal.1.2020.1011.706.714
spellingShingle Ghazali, Hazrina
Roslan, Nur Nabiha
Investigating on job hopping behavior among restaurant employees in Malaysia
title Investigating on job hopping behavior among restaurant employees in Malaysia
title_full Investigating on job hopping behavior among restaurant employees in Malaysia
title_fullStr Investigating on job hopping behavior among restaurant employees in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Investigating on job hopping behavior among restaurant employees in Malaysia
title_short Investigating on job hopping behavior among restaurant employees in Malaysia
title_sort investigating on job hopping behavior among restaurant employees in malaysia
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89437/1/JOB.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT ghazalihazrina investigatingonjobhoppingbehavioramongrestaurantemployeesinmalaysia
AT roslannurnabiha investigatingonjobhoppingbehavioramongrestaurantemployeesinmalaysia