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  • An Analysis of Psychological Empowerment, Job Satisfaction and Organisational Commitment of Middle-Level Managers in the Hospitality Industry

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    Ponton, David Mathew
    Primary Supervisor
    Davidson, Michael
    Boyle, Maree
    Year published
    2011
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    Abstract
    This study is designed to investigate hotel and club middle-level managers’ perceptions of psychological empowerment, job satisfaction, organisational factors and job turnover intent in South East Queensland, Australia. Another key aspect of the study was to determine the reasons for the high levels of management turnover within the hospitality industry. This study uses as its theoretical base, management, empowerment, organisational behaviour and job satisfaction theories. The mixed method design in this study was a two-stage approach of qualitative and quantitative methods. The first phase of the research involved personal ...
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    This study is designed to investigate hotel and club middle-level managers’ perceptions of psychological empowerment, job satisfaction, organisational factors and job turnover intent in South East Queensland, Australia. Another key aspect of the study was to determine the reasons for the high levels of management turnover within the hospitality industry. This study uses as its theoretical base, management, empowerment, organisational behaviour and job satisfaction theories. The mixed method design in this study was a two-stage approach of qualitative and quantitative methods. The first phase of the research involved personal in depth semi-structured interviews and a pilot study of a small convenience sample of participants. Stage two consisted of a survey of hospitality managers working in large hotels and clubs in South East Queensland, Australia. The results of the survey provided demographic information about the participants. Further analysis of the data used descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, a one-way ANOVA, multiple regression and principal components analysis to obtain results regarding differences and relationships between the participants to answer the research question, sub research questions and hypotheses. Middle-level managers during the interview process revealed that they were only empowered to a certain monetary level and conditions such as long hours, weekend work as well as low pay contributed negatively to their satisfaction and commitment levels. The chance of promotion and advancement was rare and managers stated that this lead them to thinking about leaving their hotels or clubs.
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    Thesis Type
    Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
    Degree Program
    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
    School
    Griffith Business School
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.25904/1912/3514
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    The author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
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    Public
    Subject
    Hospitality industry
    Middle-level managers
    Psychological empowerment
    Job satisfaction
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365908
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    • Theses - Higher Degree by Research

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