Korean J Occup Health Nurs.  2014 May;23(2):106-114.

Relationships of Self-esteem to Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intention among Ship-building Supply Workers

• Choi SE
• Lee SS
• Kim SD

Abstract

PURPOSE
This is a descriptive correlation study to identify self-esteem, job satisfaction, and turnover intention among ship-building supply workers.
METHODS
The subjects were 199 ship-building supply workers at two small & medium-sized ship-building supply companies in K city. The data were collected from March 1st through 31st, 2013. The collected data were analyzed using the SAS program through t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe test, and Pearson's correlation coefficients.
RESULTS
There was a positive correlation between self-esteem and job satisfaction (r=.29, p<.001), a negative correlation between self-esteem and turnover intention (r=-.20, p<.001). Also there was a negative correlation between job satisfaction and turnover intention (r= -.58, p<.001).
CONCLUSION
This finding identified that the self-esteem and job satisfaction were an important variable related to the turnover intention. Therefore, organizational managers need to develop strategies for improving workers' self-esteem and job satisfaction to prevent and decrease worker's turnover intention.

Keyword

Job satisfaction; Self-esteem; Turnover intention

MeSH Terms

Intention*
Job Satisfaction*
Statistics as Topic