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Effect of newcomer socialisation on organisational commitment, job satisfaction, and turnover intention in the hotel industry

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  • Jen-Te Yang

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The academic literature features organisational socialisation as playing a crucial role in the early stages of newcomer employment. During this assimilation stage, newcomers adapt to a new workplace more effectively if socialisation is encouraged. It has been found that socialisation minimises the negative effects of unmet expectations on overall organisational effectiveness, including employee turnover -- an issue that has become a considerable problem for many hotels. Extending this logic, this study aims to understand socialisation by specifically assessing whether turnover is determined by employees' beliefs about job satisfaction and individual commitment to an organisation and the hotel profession in general. The study of 428 respondents from 61 international tourist hotels in Taiwan implies that social interaction enables organisations to gain, from an increase in commitment to the organisation, job satisfaction and a decrease in newcomers' intent to leave the hotel profession. Two major contributions to the existing literature result (a) commitment to the organisation plays a dominant role in employee turnover intent and (b) job satisfaction is a powerful method of reinforcing individual commitment to the organisation.

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  • Jen-Te Yang, 2008. "Effect of newcomer socialisation on organisational commitment, job satisfaction, and turnover intention in the hotel industry," The Service Industries Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(4), pages 429-443, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:servic:v:28:y:2008:i:4:p:429-443
    DOI: 10.1080/02642060801917430
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