Myanmar in Thailand: An Empirical Study of the Relationship among the Job Characteristics Model, Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, and Turnover Intention in Low-skilled Workers

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  • Kevalin Puangyoykeaw Tohoku University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24297/jssr.v6i2.3502

Keywords:

job satisfaction, organizational commitment, turnover intention, job characteristic, low-skilled workers, Myanmar

Abstract

This paper presents new empirical findings in the academically sparse area of low-skilled worker management. Despite their important presence in the labour-intensive sector, a limited amount of research and study has been done regarding low-skilled worker attitude. This empirical paper studied 400 low-skilled Myanmar immigrant workers in the Thai seafood-processing industry to find out the level of their attitude toward job satisfaction, organizational commitment, turnover intention, and job characteristic factors. Descriptive analysis, t-test, ANOVA, correlation, and regression analysis are used in this study. The results reveal a mixture of evidence supportive to that of past literatures and a surprisingly contradictory result in the area of turnover intention. Through this new empirical finding, entrepreneurs and society gain a better understanding of low-skilled workers and understand how to manage and motivate this unique group of employees more effectively and efficiently in the future. 

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Author Biography

Kevalin Puangyoykeaw, Tohoku University

PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Faculty of Economics, Tohoku University

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Published

2014-12-30

How to Cite

Puangyoykeaw, K. (2014). Myanmar in Thailand: An Empirical Study of the Relationship among the Job Characteristics Model, Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, and Turnover Intention in Low-skilled Workers. JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH, 6(2), 1017–1028. https://doi.org/10.24297/jssr.v6i2.3502

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