Employee Dissatisfaction and Turnover Crises in the Malaysian Hospitality Industry

Turnover crises have had great impacts on the hospitality industry. Many studies have been done on employeeturnover, but further investigation is needed as labor intensive employees are part of the hospitality product.This study reviews the literature relevant to turn over crises and provides a theoretical review of the Mobleymodel (1977). The purpose of this study is to give an overview of the causes of job dissatisfaction which forcean employee to quit from their current job and consider other job opportunities. This is to clarify the steps of theMobley model from the feeling of job dissatisfaction to an actual turnover crisis. This study highlights theturnover crises not only on an international level but also the national crises in Malaysia which may not be faraway. Furthermore, the findings from the literature review indicates that an international perspective on aturnover crisis begins when an employee faces the case of dissatisfaction from a poor working environment andconsiders leaving his current job. The Mobley model could be used to predict the case of dissatisfaction andbetter understand how to retain the employee. Further studies could be useful to shed light on turnover crises.