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. 2021 Mar 18:12:617023.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.617023. eCollection 2021.

Mitigating Effect of Psychological Capital on Employees' Withdrawal Behavior in the Presence of Job Attitudes: Evidence From Five-Star Hotels in Malaysia

Zhen Yan  1   2 , Zuraina D Mansor  2 , Wei C Choo  2 , Abdul R Abdullah  1   2
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Mitigating Effect of Psychological Capital on Employees' Withdrawal Behavior in the Presence of Job Attitudes: Evidence From Five-Star Hotels in Malaysia

Zhen Yan et al. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

High turnover rate is one of the striking features of the hotel industry and one of the most significant challenges. High turnover rate causes substantial costs for recruitment, selection and training in hotels, on the other hand, it also leads to negative consequences such as the decline of organizational performance and service quality. Thus, it is necessary to search for the root causes of turnover and put forward solutions. This study was designed to examine the impact of psychological capital (PsyCap), organizational commitment (OC), and job satisfaction (JS) on turnover intention among hotel employees. Additionally, it aimed to test the mediating roles of job satisfaction (JS) and organizational commitment (OC). The data were obtained from 228 hotel customer-contact employees with a time lag of two weeks in three waves in Kuala Lumpur based on convenience sampling. A series of structural equation modeling analyses were utilized to investigate hypothesized relationships. The results reveal that there exists a significant and negative impact of PsyCap on employees' turnover intention and this correlation is partially mediated through two job attitudes. That is to say, to retain hotel talents, five-star hotel management should take proper measures to help employees obtain and maintain positive psychological resources such as PsyCap, on the other hand, how to cultivate positive job attitudes and strengthen their sense of identification and belonging for their organizations is supposed to be more focused on.

Keywords: Malaysia; hotel customer-contact employees; job attitudes; psychological capital; turnover intention.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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