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Job satisfaction and quit intentions of offshore workers in the UK N orth S ea oil and gas industry
Author(s) -
Dickey Heather,
Watson Verity,
Zangelidis Alexandros
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
scottish journal of political economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1467-9485
pISSN - 0036-9292
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2011.00561.x
Subject(s) - job satisfaction , economic shortage , promotion (chess) , business , marketing , psychology , social psychology , political science , government (linguistics) , linguistics , philosophy , politics , law
The N orth S ea oil and gas industry currently faces recruitment and retention difficulties because of a shortage of skilled workers. One means of retaining existing employees is to improve workers’ job satisfaction. In this paper, we investigate the determinants of job satisfaction and intentions to quit within this industry sector. We find that individuals in good financial situations, those whose skills are closely related to their job and those who received training reported higher levels of job satisfaction. Furthermore, we establish the importance of job satisfaction, promotion prospects and training opportunities in determining workers’ intentions to quit their job.