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Fun and friends : the impact of workplace fun and constituent attachment on turnover in a hospitality context
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Tews, Michael J., Michel, John W. and Allen, David G. (2014) Fun and friends : the impact of workplace fun and constituent attachment on turnover in a hospitality context. Human Relations, 67 (8). pp. 923-946. doi:10.1177/0018726713508143 ISSN 0018-7267.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0018726713508143
Abstract
Extending the growing body of research on fun in the workplace, this article reports on a study examinining the relationship between fun and employee turnover. Specifically, this research focused on the influence of three forms of fun on turnover – fun activities, coworker socializing and manager support for fun. With a sample of 296 servers from 20 units of a national restaurant chain in the US, coworker socializing and manager support for fun were demonstrated to be significantly related to turnover. In addition, constituent attachment was found to mediate the relationship between each of the three forms of fun and turnover. This research highlights that not all types of fun are equal and demonstrates that one of the key means through which fun influences retention is by facilitating the development of high quality work relationships.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Industrial Relations Research Unit Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Quality of work life, Labor turnover, Personnel management, Job satisfaction, Entry-level employees, Employee motivation | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Human Relations | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0018-7267 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 1 August 2014 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 67 | ||||||||
| Number: | 8 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 923-946 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1177/0018726713508143 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 8 February 2018 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 9 February 2018 | ||||||||
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