Search

Purpose: This paper aims to address the issue of why students want to drop out from a course and suggests appropriate strategies to enhance student retention. Design/methodology/approach: A sample of 260 hospitality management students were surveyed based on both Tinto's model of student-institution integration and a theory of planned behavior on student departure. The research applies data mining and decision tree using the classification and regression trees (CART) method as an analytic tool to identify a group, discover relationships between groups and predict future events for segmentation. Findings: The results regarding the demographics indicate that the most critical factors of dropout included residency status, financial situation, quality of class and occupation. Research limitations/implications: This is a limited US sample, based on student perceptions only and not lecturer or institution perceptions. Originality/value: The paper provides empirical evidence of student perspective along with institutional and learning environment factors. It includes data from students who are currently enrolled (which previous literature has not covered) by testing student-institution integration and planned behavior on student departure.

Research has been inconclusive in determining if men or women experience more job satisfaction. A global comparison examining extrinsic and intrinsic factors, work relations, and work–life balance determinants found few differences; however, work relations and work–life balance factors were more significant for male than female workers across occupations. The current study uses International Social Survey Program data representing 37 countries to explore differences in job satisfaction in the hospitality industry. Findings demonstrate that mean job-satisfaction scores for females are lower across hospitality occupations except for hotel receptionists, housekeeping supervisors, and hotel cleaners. Regression results revealed additional differences such as the significance of coworker relations, the negative impact of being discriminated against and harassed at work, working weekends, marital status, and supervisory status for women with autonomy, work stress, education, and employment relationship being more salient for men. Interesting work, work being useful to society, job security, pay, relations with management, and work interfering with family were significant for both males and females. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Job satisfaction is an extensively researched topic due to its positive outcomes for employers and employees. These include increased performance, productivity, achievement, motivation, and work quality as well as decreased employee absenteeism and turnover. This study examined the impact of work-life balance, intrinsic and extrinsic rewards, and work relations factors on job satisfaction for hospitality industry workers across 37 countries using data from the International Social Survey Program. It is the first large-scale global study on job satisfaction for this industry and the first to discriminate across occupational types within the industry. Given large turnover rates in hospitality jobs, understanding the determinants of job satisfaction is critical to improving management practice and organizational effectiveness. Results reaffirmed the existence of considerable work-life conflicts within the hospitality industry from a global perspective. The role of work relations and work-life balance is much stronger in hospitality jobs than for all occupations in general. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article showcases remarkable Woodland artistry in the form of snake-shaped copper pendants found in Wisconsin, highlighting their historical significance and craftsmanship.

The article offers information related to new bill of dual agency legislation introduced in Minnesota in 2019 that will allow retail brokers to conceal their dual agency status from consumers.

The start of a parenting journey in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) presents many stressors to parents. Previous research has shown parents of infants admitted to the NICU experience heightened stress, anxiety, and depression. Mental health support varies across Canadian NICUs with mixed results. One promising intervention that has not been explored in the NICU is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a behavioural therapy that has had positive mental health-related outcomes in similar parental populations. ACT differs from previous mental health interventions such as traditional Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) as it involves mindfulness and acceptance to increase psychological flexibility. Increased psychological flexibility is linked to greater emotional well-being, a higher quality of life, and decreased stress, anxiety, and depression. There is a need for research investigating the utility of ACT in improving mental health outcomes for parents of preterm infants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]