Antecedents and outcomes of flight attendants' job satisfaction

This paper develops and tests a comprehensive model for job satisfaction amongst flight attendants with antecedents and outcomes that are germane in the context of airlines. The antecedents are: jetlag, role overload, emotional exhaustion, personal accomplishment, and depersonalization, and the outc...

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Main Authors: Ng, Siew Imm, Sambasivan, Murali, Siti Zubaidah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24244/
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description This paper develops and tests a comprehensive model for job satisfaction amongst flight attendants with antecedents and outcomes that are germane in the context of airlines. The antecedents are: jetlag, role overload, emotional exhaustion, personal accomplishment, and depersonalization, and the outcomes are; job performance and service recovery performance. A framework was tested using structural equation modelling. A survey was conducted of flight attendants working in Malaysia found exhaustion and personal accomplishment have a direct effect on job satisfaction; emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment affect the level of depersonalization; and role overload has a positive relationship.
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spelling upm-242442016-04-29T03:48:18Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24244/ Antecedents and outcomes of flight attendants' job satisfaction Ng, Siew Imm Sambasivan, Murali Siti Zubaidah, This paper develops and tests a comprehensive model for job satisfaction amongst flight attendants with antecedents and outcomes that are germane in the context of airlines. The antecedents are: jetlag, role overload, emotional exhaustion, personal accomplishment, and depersonalization, and the outcomes are; job performance and service recovery performance. A framework was tested using structural equation modelling. A survey was conducted of flight attendants working in Malaysia found exhaustion and personal accomplishment have a direct effect on job satisfaction; emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment affect the level of depersonalization; and role overload has a positive relationship. Elsevier 2011-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24244/1/Antecedents%20and%20outcomes%20of%20flight%20attendants.pdf Ng, Siew Imm and Sambasivan, Murali and Siti Zubaidah, (2011) Antecedents and outcomes of flight attendants' job satisfaction. Journal of Air Transport Management, 17 (5). pp. 309-313. ISSN 0969-6997 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969699711000524 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2011.03.007
spellingShingle Ng, Siew Imm
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Antecedents and outcomes of flight attendants' job satisfaction
title Antecedents and outcomes of flight attendants' job satisfaction
title_full Antecedents and outcomes of flight attendants' job satisfaction
title_fullStr Antecedents and outcomes of flight attendants' job satisfaction
title_full_unstemmed Antecedents and outcomes of flight attendants' job satisfaction
title_short Antecedents and outcomes of flight attendants' job satisfaction
title_sort antecedents and outcomes of flight attendants' job satisfaction
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