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Impact of job satisfaction and job stress on employees’ life in Mumbai’s hospitality sector: An empirical study using SEM

Indrajit Goswami (Human Resources, N.L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai, India)
Nigel Raylyn Dsilva (Management and Emerging Technologies, N.L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai, India)

Journal of Strategy and Management

ISSN: 1755-425X

Article publication date: 16 May 2019

Issue publication date: 8 August 2019

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Abstract

Purpose

Employee stress and job satisfaction are significant issues in the hospitality industry. Moreover, employee stress has cost implications on the stakeholders, i.e. employers and employees alike. There is inadequate empirical evidence that could shed light on job stress and burnout issues of hotel employees with reference to India. Also, the nature and level of hospitality employee stress is not fully understood. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of job satisfaction and job stress on the life of employees in the hospitality sector in Mumbai.

Design/methodology/approach

Data were collected from a total of 510 respondents (23 for inductive and 487 for the deductive study) from six five-star category hotels in Mumbai. It utilizes a sequential mixed-method approach to measures the study variables through phenomenography and then validates their causal relationship through partial least squares structural equation modeling using Smart PLS-SEM.

Findings

In the inductive analysis it was found that “work related” factors such as unsafe working conditions, work load, relationship on the job were the most prominent sources of stress for the respondents. In the deductive analysis the causal relationship between job satisfaction, job stress and stress impact verified through Smart PLS-SEM turned out to be significant. It could be inferred from the results that job satisfaction negatively influences job stress and job impact. Similarly, job stress positively influenced stress impact among the hotel employees.

Research limitations/implications

The results of the current study should be interpreted with caution. First, the current study only includes self-reporting stress levels. Direct observation was not feasible, since it is subjected to the researchers’ bias. The sample in this study did not include employees of limited-service hotels. As limited-service hotels may have different requirements, challenges and culture for employees than full-service or five stared hotels, thus the findings of the study may not be generalized to limited service hotels.

Practical implications

The study has dual implications. First, similar research interventions through the mixed-method approach must study the causal relationship between job satisfaction, job stress and stress impact by effectively exploring the participants “lived experience.” Second, employers must validate customer feedback to evaluate employee job performance.

Originality/value

This is the first study to explore interrelationships between the three important variables, namely, employees’ job satisfaction, job stress and its impact on the life of employees in the hospitality industry using the sequential mixed-method approach. The study findings open new avenues for future research using structural equation modeling, thus representing an important contribution of the present study.

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Citation

Goswami, I. and Dsilva, N.R. (2019), "Impact of job satisfaction and job stress on employees’ life in Mumbai’s hospitality sector: An empirical study using SEM", Journal of Strategy and Management, Vol. 12 No. 3, pp. 330-346. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSMA-01-2019-0012

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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