A COMPARATIVE RESEARCH ON THE HOBO SYNDROME IN VARIOUS SECTORS SUCH AS HEALTHCARE, BANKING AND DEVELOPMENT SECTOR AT NON-MANAGEMENT, MIDDLE MANAGEMENT AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT LEVEL

Background: Individuals who keep on changing their jobs are impelled due to dispositional wanderlust commonly known as Hobo syndrome. Key objective of the study at hand was to identify the concept of Hobo syndrome and then its comparative analysis in three realms i.e. health, banking and development. Material & Methods:The size of sample was 228 in this comparative study. Measures employed in the study were various key aspects i.e. openness to experience scale, perceived alternative employment opportunities, job hopping measure, demographic data sheet, number of past quits and intention to search for alternative job. Post Hoc and one-way ANOVA were correlation used to examine the hypotheses. Results:Study was conducted on total 228 individuals. Every sector was allocated 76 individuals. After results, it was confirmed that there is a presence of positive relationship between perceived alternative employment opportunities and Hobo syndrome. It also validated the relationship between Hobo syndrome and openness to experience. On Hobo syndrome, banking sector employees showed greater mean score when they were compared with health and development sector. When mean differences on Hobo syndrome was compared in connection with workers of various levels of management, results were remarkable. As per these results, high mean score was displayed on Hobo syndrome by non-management employees when they were compared to senior and middle management employees. Conclusion:In Pakistan, Hobo syndrome is rampant amongst various employees related to non-management sector especially. The same is true in case of senior and middle management but it is of lesser nature as compared to nonmanagement workers. Banking sector employees have more inclination to Hobo syndrome in comparison to the employees of health and development sectors. Key Words: Job hopping, Openness to Experience, Hobo Syndrome, Perceived Alternative Employment Opportunities.