Off-stage Heroes: The Antecedents and Consequences of Job Passion among Civil Aviation Maintenance Crew
- 30 June 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in The International Journal of Aerospace Psychology
- Vol. 32 (2-3), 1-19
- https://doi.org/10.1080/24721840.2021.1945928
Abstract
Objective: The main goals of this study are to identify the possible factors that may affect the level of passion that aircraft technicians have for their job and how job passion may lead to safety motivation.Background: Aircraft maintenance technicians play an essential role in ensuring flight safety since they are obligated to carry out critical responsibilities related to maintaining flight devices. However, the significance and professionalism of civil aircraft technicians tend to be underestimated due to limited academic discussion of job-related issues. In practice, the particular job characteristics and working environment have led to various job demands and requirements for job resources, which may be related to the level of passion of the aircraft maintenance crews.Method: Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the empirical data collected with the questionnaire survey. The sealable stamped addressed envelopes were attached to guarantee for the innominate approach, and a total of 411 usable samples was returned.Results: Significant relations found between work-family conflict, professional development and job passion in the expected directions, while non-significant results were presented between work-load, social support, and job passion. In addition, job passion significantly and positively related to air technicians’ safety motivation.Conclusion: Aircraft technicians undertake their workload without responding to it in a significantly negative manner, unless the designated work causes work-family conflict. A vision of career development is crucial to continuously elevate job passion in these individuals. Passionate aircraft technicians are motivated to contribute to aviation safety.Keywords
This publication has 60 references indexed in Scilit:
- A Tale of Passion: Linking Job Passion and Cognitive Engagement to Employee Work PerformanceJournal of Management Studies, 2009
- Workplace safety: A meta-analysis of the roles of person and situation factors.Journal of Applied Psychology, 2009
- Benefits of Training and Development for Individuals and Teams, Organizations, and SocietyAnnual Review of Psychology, 2009
- Nurses’ work demands and work–family conflict: A questionnaire surveyInternational Journal of Nursing Studies, 2008
- Burnout and work engagement among teachersJournal of School Psychology, 2006
- Recovery, well-being, and performance-related outcomes: The role of workload and vacation experiences.Journal of Applied Psychology, 2006
- Human factor determinants of worker safety and work quality outcomesAustralian Journal of Psychology, 2002
- Work‐home conflict among nurses and engineers: Mediating the impact of role stress on burnout and satisfaction at workJournal of Organizational Behavior, 1991
- Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach.Psychological Bulletin, 1988
- Sources of Conflict Between Work and Family RolesAcademy of Management Review, 1985