UNWEAVING HOBO SYNDROME IN BANKING,HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT SECTOR

Background: Hobo syndrome is a dispositional wanderlust that leads some individuals to repeatedly switch jobs. The aim of the study was to explore the construct of Hobo syndrome and to compare it in the three industry sectors; banking, development and health. Material Methods: In this cross-sectional study the sample size was 228. The measures used for the study included demographic data sheet, perceived alternative employment opportunities, intention to search for alternative job, job hopping measure, number of past quits and openness to experience scale. Correlation, one-way ANOVA and Post Hoc were adopted to test the hypotheses. Results: In total, 228 persons were studied; 76 each from Banking, Development and Health sector. The results show that there exists a significant positive relationship of Hobo syndrome with perceived alternative employment opportunities and a significant relationship between openness to experience and Hobo syndrome (0.01). Employees of Banking sector displayed high mean score on Hobo syndrome as compared to those of Development and Health sector. Comparing the mean differences on Hobo syndrome among employees of different management level; the non-management employees showed a high mean score on Hobo syndrome as compared to the middle management and senior management employees (p=0.05). Conclusion: Hobo syndrome is a phenomenon experienced by the employees in Pakistan. Non-management employees have higher tendency of Hobo syndrome as compared to middle and senior management, while respondents of Banking sector have higher Hobo syndrome as compared to those of Development and Health sector