Effect of Changing Task Characteristics and Work Environment on Mainland China Newspaper Reporters' Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intention

• Other Authors: Guo, Lei (author.)
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-1292275

新科技的發展及運用對媒體工作者愈發頻繁及重要，所以關於新媒體是否會改變傳統媒體或以何種方式改變傳統媒體的探討及研究也愈發重要。然而，絕大部分現有的探討新科技與傳統媒體關係的研究僅廣泛討論新科技對新聞工作者工作慣例及工作倫理的影響，缺乏理論性的深入研究。為彌補這一研究空白，本研究嘗試結合工作特性理論及工作要求資源模型，探索及解釋在新科技發展環境下，影響報社記者工作滿意度及離職意願的因素。 === 343位來自北京、上海、成都、廣州的報社的一線記者參與了此次問卷調查。研究結果顯示，在新科技環境下，內地報社記者的工作滿意度較低，但離職意願卻相對較低。在此過程中，職業前景及工作自主性對記者工作滿意度有顯著預測效果，同樣，報社記者的職業前景也是預測他們離職意願的最佳預測變量。相反，技能多樣性及記者日常工作量則對他們的工作滿意度及離職意願無任何影響。 === 本研究的結果不僅為研究新科技環境對傳統媒體從業人員的影響，並為媒體管理者修訂政策應對新媒體衝擊提供了一定參考及實證依據；同時也能幫助學界從理論角度了解內地報社記者的工作滿意度及離職意願。 === 關鍵詞: 工作滿意度, 離職意願, 工作特性理論, 工作要求資源模型, 報社記者 === With the growing prevalence of new technology in newspaper newsrooms, it is important to determine whether increased reliance on such technology is changing the job of traditional reporters. Most studies have only generally discussed the impact of new technology on reporters’ work routines and ethics without providing a theoretical examination and explanation. To fill that research gap, this study was designed to discover how new technology influences reporters’ job satisfaction and turnover intention in Mainland China newspaper newsrooms by applying Job Characteristics Theory (JCT) and the Job Demands-Resources Model (JD-R). === Newspaper reporters from Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, and Guangzhou (N=343) were surveyed. The results showed that, although Mainland Chinese newspaper reporters are less satisfied with their jobs within the context of new technology, their turnover intentions are quite low. In regression analyses, career prospects and autonomy were the best predictors of reporters’ job satisfaction. Similarly, in predicting reporters’ turnover intentions, career prospects were the most significant predictor. To the contrary, skill variety and workload had no effect on either reporters’ job satisfaction or their turnover intention. === This study also developed a predictive model using career prospects, task significance, and autonomy to identify their interrelationships with job satisfaction and turnover intention during a time of change. === The findings of this study contribute new insights to journalism research that can not only draw newspapers executives’ attention to the impact of adopting new technology in the newsroom, but also improve researchers’ theoretical understanding of Mainland Chinese newspaper reporters’ job satisfaction and turnover intention. === Key Words: Job Satisfaction, Turnover Intention, Job Characteristics Theory, Job Demands-Resources Model, Newspaper Reporters === Guo, Lei. === Thesis M.Phil. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2016. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves ). === Abstracts also in Chinese. === Title from PDF title page (viewed on …). === Detailed summary in vernacular field only. === Detailed summary in vernacular field only. === Detailed summary in vernacular field only. === Detailed summary in vernacular field only.