Measuring the influence of hospitality organizational climate on employee turnover tendency

PurposeThis study aims to identify the underlying dimensions of hospitality organizational climate and then measure the influence of it on employee turnover tendency.Design/methodology/approachData were obtained from 504 employees across 18 upscale hotels in India. Factor analysis was adopted to identify the organizational climate dimensions and its influence on turnover tendency was measured by SEM. One-way ANOVA tested the hypothesis related to the perceived differences among the employees regarding turnover intention.FindingsResult supports the hypothesized relationship between the constructs that the identified organizational climate structure have strong inverse relationship with employee turnover tendency and its dimension "leaders facilitation and support" was found to influence turnover intention the most, followed by "cohesion, clarity and objectivity of system," "esprit of profession, organization and workgroup" and "job challenge, variety and feedback." Results also determined differences among the hotel employees of different job levels and gender regarding turnover tendency.Practical implicationsStudy reveals that employee turnover tendency is predominantly influenced by the identified factors of organizational climate and more among the male frontline employees and attrition reduces with age and position. This knowledge will help the hotel's management in designing strategic HRM to control attrition.Originality/valueThis study is the first to establish an organizational climate measure of hotel industry in India and opens scope for future research. It also draws attention to the relationship of organizational climate with turnover tendency.