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A study of the personality traits, job satisfaction, and tendencies in turnover of temporary post-secondary school employees

The purpose of this study is to use relevant research to understand whether or not a temporary worker¡¦s personality traits, job satisfaction, and the probability of finding an acceptable alternative job will influence their desire to switch jobs. In this study, 260 questionnaires were passed out to temporary workers in 11 schools. 141 were returned and 140 were valid. The tables cited in this of questionnaire are commonly used in similar studies abroad, and, therefore, commonly recognized as validity. With this in mind, a test the validity of the tables was not carried out for this study. After performing the Cronbach alpha value reliability test, ordinal regression was employed to analyze the data. The following conclusions were reached:
First, intrinsic job satisfaction has a significant negative effect on temporary school employee turnover intention. Second, extrinsic job satisfaction has a significant negative effect on temporary school employee turnover intention. Third, the probability of finding an acceptable alternative job has a significant positive effect on temporary school employee turnover intention. Fourth, being a family¡¦s principle wage earned has a significant positive effect on temporary school employee turnover intention. Fifth, personality traits, and demographic statistics have no significant effect on temporary school employee job satisfaction. Sixth, personality traits, and demographic statistics have no significant effect on temporary school employee turnover intention.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0812104-140301
Date12 August 2004
CreatorsZhang, Shu-Han
ContributorsBih-Shiaw Jaw, Hsi-An Shih, Ping-Lung Hsin
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageCholon
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0812104-140301
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