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by Cunningham King, Mimi, Li, Yuen Yu Vivien. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1990. / Bibliography: leaves 105-108. / ABSTRACT / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF EXHIBITS --- p.viii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.ix / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.x / Chapter CHAPTER ONE --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Staff Turnover in Service Industry --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Outlook of Supply of General Staff --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Objective and Scope --- p.4 / Chapter 1.4 --- Significance of the Study --- p.4 / Chapter 1.5 --- Case Brief --- p.5 / Chapter CHAPTER TWO --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1 --- Definition --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2 --- Effects of Turnover --- p.10 / Chapter 2.3 --- Costs of Turnover --- p.13 / Chapter 2.4 --- Measurement of Turnover --- p.14 / Chapter 2.5 --- Causes of Turnover --- p.14 / Chapter 2.6 --- Causes for Staying --- p.15 / Chapter 2.7 --- Developing the Theoretical Framework --- p.16 / Chapter 2.8 --- The Theoretical Framework --- p.29 / Chapter THREE --- METHODOLOGY --- p.31 / Chapter 3.1 --- Overview --- p.31 / Chapter 3.2 --- Population and Sample --- p.31 / Chapter 3.3 --- Preliminary Survey Method --- p.3 2 / Chapter 3.4 --- The Hypotheses --- p.34 / Chapter 3.5 --- Data Collection Method --- p.36 / Chapter 3.6 --- Variables --- p.38 / Chapter 3.7 --- Measurement of Variables --- p.40 / Chapter 3.8 --- Data Analysis Techniques --- p.41 / Chapter FOUR --- RESULTS --- p.44 / Chapter 4.1 --- Response Rate --- p.44 / Chapter 4.2 --- Feel for Data --- p.45 / Chapter 4.3 --- Factor Analysis --- p.49 / Chapter 4.4 --- Hypotheses Testing --- p.51 / Chapter 4.5 --- Other Analyses --- p.55 / Chapter 4.6 --- Summary of Results --- p.59 / Chapter CHAPTER FIVE --- DISCUSSION --- p.60 / Chapter 5.1 --- Significant Factors Affecting Propensity to Stay --- p.60 / Chapter 5.2 --- Factors not Correlated to Propensity to Stay --- p.62 / Chapter 5.3 --- Relationship Between Demographics and Propensity to Stay --- p.63 / Chapter 5.4 --- Departmental Variationin Propensity to Stay --- p.64 / Chapter 5.5 --- Conclusion --- p.64 / Chapter SIX --- RECOMMENDATIONS --- p.65 / Chapter 6.1 --- Recommendations to the Airline --- p.65 / Chapter 6.2 --- Recommendations for Further Research --- p.70 / APPENDIX / Chapter I --- "Places Offered by Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges" --- p.71 / Chapter II --- Title and Job Nature of Sample --- p.72 / Chapter III --- Questionnaire (in Chinese) --- p.73 / Chapter IV --- Questionnaire (English Translation) --- p.86 / Chapter V --- Distribution of Valid Cases by Rank --- p.93 / Chapter VI --- Demographics of Respondents --- p.94 / Chapter VII --- List of Mean Scores for items Measuring Independent Variables --- p.99 / Chapter VIII --- Results of Hypotheses Testing --- p.101 / Chapter IX --- "Correlation Between Number of Children, Education, Salary, Age and Length of Service" --- p.104 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.105