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Work expectations and other factors influencing male apprentices' intentions to quit their trade
Author(s) -
Gow Kathryn,
Hinschen Connie,
Anthony David,
Warren Chantelle
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1177/1038411107086546
Subject(s) - apprenticeship , boss , psychology , supervisor , social psychology , economic shortage , work experience , perspective (graphical) , work (physics) , demographic economics , management , economics , mechanical engineering , engineering , philosophy , linguistics , materials science , artificial intelligence , government (linguistics) , computer science , metallurgy
This study examined the current trade shortage in Australian industry from the perspective of fewer young people entering the trades. We investigated the extent to which certain variables (relationship with their boss/supervisor; relationship with their co‐workers; extrinsic motivation within the compensation subscale; the use of emotion‐focused coping styles rather than problem‐focused styles; and apprentices' work expectations) could predict their intention to quit or stay in the job. Of the five predictors, only two (relationship with their boss/supervisor and/or their relationship with their co‐workers) were found to have the ability to significantly predict intention to quit. Comparisons between Queensland and Victorian participants led to the conclusion that an apprentice's choice to stay in or leave their trade was individually specific, and was most likely not based solely on one explicit factor, but on a range of work‐related factors, which they, personally, considered important.