The Influence of Job and Personal Resources on Turnover Intentions in Food and Beverages Manufacturing MSEs in Tanzania: Mediating Role of Employee Engagement.

Msangi, Saidi Mustapha (2025) The Influence of Job and Personal Resources on Turnover Intentions in Food and Beverages Manufacturing MSEs in Tanzania: Mediating Role of Employee Engagement. Doctoral thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study investigates the correlation between employment personal resources and intention to turnover within the food and beverage production industry, mediated via employee involvement and the utilization of micro and small firms in Tanzania. The study aimed to investigate the impact of job resources as well as private resources on turnover intentions within the food and beverage production micro and small enterprises in Tanzania. This research was based on the model of job demands and resources and Social Exchange Theory. The positivist worldview was embraced, and empirical investigation was utilized. The employed research design is a cross sectional survey. A standardized questionnaire was utilized to gather data from a sample of 378 allocated Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs), in Dar es Salaam. The analysis employing a Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Model approach indicated that job resources have a negligible negative effect on turnover intention. Conversely, personal resources exhibit a statistically significant beneficial impact on turnover intention. This study identified that employee engagement modulates the correlation between personal resources and turnover intention. This study suggests that personal resources affect turnover intention, with employee engagement serving as a mediator in the relationship among personal assets and turnover intention. This study advised that owner-managers of MSEs should promote the utilization of personal resources to enhance skills and competencies, while also pushing employees to participate actively in their work to mitigate turnover intentions. Keywords: Job Resources, Personal Resources, Employee Engagement, Turnover Intention, PLS-SEM.

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