106 survey
Turnover Intentions Turnover Intentions & engagement
7 7
6 6
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1
I am very likely For me, I will not leave I seldom hear
1
Not Engaged Not Engaged Neutral Engaged Very Engaged
to stay in my current my current company my current company about jobs
at all
company in the is the best of all easily outside my company
best next 5 years possible to work for that interest me
Turnover Intentions & Job satisfaction Turnover Intentions & empowerment
7 7
6 6
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
Very Unhappy Unhappy Neutral Happy Very Happy Not Empowered Not Neutral Empowered Very
at all Empowered Empowered
others. Also, more educated people re- the Public Utilities, Casinos and Trans- their current jobs than men.
ported higher work engagement, which portation, a sign of recession and lay-offs In wrapping up, researchers con-
is probably due also to the fact that they in these industries. cluded that as the global economic cri-
perform the most complex jobs. Yet another sign of economic diffi- sis affects the livelihood of people and
On the Psychological Empowerment culty was evident in the Turnover Inten- their satisfaction with their own lives,
front older, more educated people tended tions of people, with moderate to low lev- the PWI, continues to be at moderate lev-
to feel substantially more empowered els of turnover, the report said. els, standing at 63.3 percent, the lowest
than others. Once again job tenure played registered in all of the five surveys com-
an important factor, with people that Oblivious young pleted so far.
stayed longer in their jobs feeling signifi- This decrease in PWI is mostly re-
cantly more empowered than others. But younger people were oblivious lated to decreases in satisfaction with
Industry-wise people working in the to the economic hardship and tended health (-1.9%), personal relationships
Education and Real Estate sectors felt to change jobs faster, particularly those (-1.9%) and standard of living (-1.2%).
more empowered than people working in in the age group of 26-35 years. The Other factors contributing to this low
study also found a very steep effect with level of satisfaction with life may be at-
the job tenure, with people working for tributed to increased workplace stress,
The majority
less than one year in their job reporting and rising living costs.
considerably higher intentions to leave People’s satisfaction with life in
of people in
their current job. This trend was evident Macau is also at one of the lowest values
in communications and IT, casinos and registered so far, at 57.9 percent, at values
Macau are
the transportation industry, with people close to the 2nd Quarter of 2007, which
working in education and public admin- was 57.6 percent, a time of unusual so-
moderately
istration had less desire to move. cial unrest in Macau.
With economic difficulties affect- This low level of NWI is markedly
ing the territory’s workforce, it comes influenced by a decrease in satisfac-
satisfied with
as no surprise that a majority of people tion with the economic situation (-9%),
in Macau are moderately satisfied with which can be considered natural given
their jobs
their jobs, with small groups being the current economic slowdown. Satis-
very satisfied -7 percent - or very un- faction with territorial security (-3.4%)
satisfied - 5 percent. Women in Macau and with business (-2.3%) also decreased
were found to be more content with considerably.
february 2009
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