Abstract:

The purpose of this research is to reveal whether the levels of job embeddedness of four and five-star hotel employees differ in terms of their demographic characteristics. The research data were collected from four and five-star hotel employees working in İstanbul. During the application phase, 492 questionnaires which are useable were collected and SPSS and AMOS package programs were used to analyze the data. T-test and one-way ANOVA analyses were preferred to reveal the effects of demographic characteristics on job embeddedness. Results show that the levels of job embeddedness of hotel employees do not differ by gender and age. However, hotel employees who are married and working in five-star hotels have higher levels of job embeddedness. As the hotel employees’ level of education, monthly income and the duration of their experience in the same hotel increases, their level of job embeddedness heighten. Finally, employees of the departments of accounting, sales-marketing, and kitchen departments, which are the departments that take part in the background in the hotel, have higher levels of job embeddedness.

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