Effects of Vocational Needs Realization and Job Satisfaction on Intentions to Quit Jobs: Findings from a Survey of Workers with Disabilities

• Published in: Shokugyo rihabiriteshon(Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation) Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 2 - 15
• Main Author: WAKABAYASHI, Isao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japan Society of Vocational Rehabilitation 15.09.2007
• Subjects: Job Satisfaction; lntention to Quit Jobs; the Minnesota Theory of Work Adjustment
• ISSN: 0915-0870; 2186-1331
• DOI: 10.11328/jsvr1987.21.2

In Japan, there have been few studies which investigate low job satisfaction as a cause of leaving jobs among workers with disabilities. The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationships among following variables from the Minnesota Theory of Work Adjustment's standpoint: the levels of vocational needs realization, job satisfaction, and the intention to quit jobs Using statistical methods including a categorical regression analysis, the results showed:(a) low job satisfaction is related to the strength of intention to quit jobs, (b) the strength of relationships between job satisfaction and intentions to quit jobs is different among the types of disabilities, (c) the relationship between the subordinate concepts of job satisfaction, such as feelings of achievement, work condition, and the intention to quit jobs is different among the types of disabilities, (d) the levels of vocational needs realization are related to the intentions to quit jobs via the levels of job satisfaction.