Work motives and organizational behavior of hospitality professionals in Davao City

Abstract

The study was to determine the work motives for employment and how it can affect the organizational behaviour of the employees toward the hospitality job. There were 100 hotel employees taken as the respondents of the study. The researchers utilized the descriptive research design and used Mean, Percentage, Frequency and Pearson’s r as the statistical tools of the study. The results of the study are presented as follows: majority of the respondents are Single, Females within 18-27 age brackets and with the job position of Room Attendant; the level of work motives among hospitality workers on selected hotels in Davao City is high and the level of organizational behaviour on selected hotels in Davao City is high; and work motives has a positive strong correlation to organizational behaviour. Keywords: Work motives, organizational behaviour, hospitality, professionals, Davao City