Antecedents of Truck Drivers’ Job Satisfaction and Retention Proneness

Employability and personal initiative as antecedents of job satisfaction.

In a changing and flexible labour market it is important to clarify the role of environmental and personal variables that contribute to obtaining adequate levels of job satisfaction. The aim of the present study is to analyze the direct effects of employability and personal initiative on intrinsic, extrinsic and social job satisfaction, clarifying their cumulative and interactive effects. The s...

Antecedents and consequences of job satisfaction in the hotel industry

The purpose of this study is to investigate the antecedents (i.e., role ambiguity and conflict, burnout, socialization, and work autonomy) and consequences (i.e., affective and continuance commitment, absenteeism, and employee turnover intention) of employee job satisfaction. Data obtained from a sample of 671 respondents drawn from 11 international tourist hotels in Taiwan were analyzed with t...

Israeli nurse practice environment characteristics, retention, and job satisfaction

BACKGROUND There is an international nursing shortage. Improving the practice environment has been shown to be a successful strategy against this phenomenon, as the practice environment is associated with retention and job satisfaction. The Israeli nurse practice environment has not been measured. The purpose of this study was to measure practice environment characteristics, retention and job s...

Stroke and drivers' job fitness

 Introduction: Stroke is considered  a relatively common disease in developing societies. This disease is one of  The most important causes for sudden non-cardiac incapacity. On the other hand, the disease can naturally occur in working age and in drivers. Therefore evaluation the  fitness for work  in a driver with a history of stroke can be a major challenge for the occupational health and  r...

[Psychophysiological criteria and a methodology of job selection for truck drivers].