The Relationship Between Work Factors And Turnover Intentions Among Oil And Gas Employees In Uae
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Date
2021-03
Authors
M. Abudaqa, Anas M.
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
In the contemporary business environment, various organization are facing the
issue of higher employee turnover. In this regard, various factors are playing their crucial
role and creating complexity for the business firms as well. In the competitive market of
UAE, various public and private organizations are facing the issue of job turnover which
needs an immediate solution. The study focuses on employee turnover intention in oil and
gas sector of UAE in relation to the effect of several organizational factors. For this
purpose, present research has undertaken for getting the reason behind employees' intention
for leaving their workplaces for other companies. This has seen that UAE has high rate for
employees’ job satisfaction whereas this region has high employee turnover rate as well.
Using quantitative research method, a sample of 400 questionnaires were distributed
among the targeted respondents of Oil and Gas companies in the UAE with a final and
usable response rate of 74.50 percent. For analyzing the data, partial least square (PLS)-
structural equation modeling (SEM) approach was employed to analyze the data. The
findings of the study show that factors like job burnout, job satisfaction, emotional
intelligence, appreciative leadership, Employee Commitment, and quality of work life are
positively and significantly impacting on turnover intention of the employees.
Additionally, it is observed that significant and moderating effect of appreciative
leadership between emotional intelligence and turnover intention, and between quality of
work life and turnover intention exists. Furthermore, this study examines the mediating role of job satisfaction between job burnout and turnover intention. It is observed that there
is a significant mediating effect of job satisfaction between job burnout and turnover
intention for the employees of oil and gas companies in UAE. This research has contributed
towards a body of literature through suggesting the moderating role of appreciative
leadership and mediating role of job satisfaction between exogenous and endogenous
variables. Furthermore, it is suggested that for controlling the high turnover intention
among the employees, present findings would be of great support to the managers, business
owners and similar decision makers in the region of UAE.
Key words: job burnout, turnover intention, job satisfaction, oil and gas companies, UAE.
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