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2007 Annual International CHRIE Conference & Exposition 
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JOB SATISFACTION AND TURNOVER INTENTIONS OF CHEFS: INVESTIGATING THE 
CREATIVITY CONSTRUCT 
 
Richard N.S. Robinson 
School of Tourism 
The University of Queensland 
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
 
ABSTRACT 
This article reports on selected findings of an exploratory job satisfaction survey of club chefs working in 
Australia. A customised instrument is designed to mitigate the shortcomings of generalising scale items and findings 
of generic job satisfaction surveys to a single occupation. The survey’s aim is to investigate linkages between job 
satisfaction motivators and turnover. This paper focuses on determining whether a relationship exists between the 
extrinsic job satisfaction motivator of working conditions and the intrinsic job satisfaction motivator of creativity. 
The findings indicate that creativity ranks more highly than working conditions and that there are some gender 
differences.