The Status Of Person-Job Fit And Occupational Social Status As Contributing Factors On Occupational Commitment And Intention To Leave Occupation: An Empirical Research In Tourism Sector

Abstract

In this research, the effect of perception of two important antecedents in occupational commitment, namely, “person-job fit” and “occupational social status” on occupational commitment and intention to leave occupation was examined. In order to test the relationship between variables, a quantitative method was applied and the data were gathered from 435 employees of eight hotels in Mugla via survey technic. First, correlation coefficients between variables were calculated. Then, hypotheses were tested by structural equitation modeling. Results indicated that perception of person-job fit and social status of occupation had meaningful and positive effect on occupational commitment, while occupational commitment had a negative effect on intention to leave occupation.