Positive attitudes at work, some of its consequents and antecedents: a study wi...

• Author(s): Almeida, H. ; Faísca, Luís ; Jesus, Saul Neves de
• Date: 2012
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/1575
• Origin: Sapientia - Universidade do Algarve
• Subject(s): Enterprises; Hostelry; Work positive attitudes
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Concerning the model Attitudes-Intentions of behaviour (Bagozzi, 1992) and the comprehensive model of Turnover (Griffeth & Hom, 2001), the present study intends to analyze the mediating role of three attitudes (affective commitment, general satisfaction and satisfaction oriented towards the client) in the relationship that variables characterizing the work (Job Motivating Potential, Perception of Employment Alternatives and Sacrifice Perception) establish with output variables (Intention of Turnover and Organization Recommendation). We used a heterogeneous sample of 303 workers belonging to different actors of hotel business. The results of the mediating tests clarify the importance of the considered attitudes in the way job characteristics affect the intentions of behavior of the hotel employees. In general, we think our results can contributed to develop a relevant model for explaining the behavioral intentions of the professionals working with clients (front-office), which conciliates the practices of human resources with the logic of the market.