{"id":10471,"date":"2025-07-29T09:25:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T07:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro\/en\/?p=10471"},"modified":"2025-07-29T09:25:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T07:25:14","slug":"work-adaptability-and-turnover-intentions-among-university-graduates-insights-from-romania-and-zanzibar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro\/en\/2025\/07\/29\/work-adaptability-and-turnover-intentions-among-university-graduates-insights-from-romania-and-zanzibar\/","title":{"rendered":"WORK ADAPTABILITY AND TURNOVER INTENTIONS AMONG UNIVERSITY GRADUATES: INSIGHTS FROM ROMANIA AND ZANZIBAR"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elena<\/strong> <\/strong>BOTEZAT<\/strong>1<\/sup><\/strong>,<\/strong> <\/strong>Olimpia<\/strong> <\/strong>BAN<\/strong>2<\/sup><\/strong>,<\/strong> <\/strong>Lidia<\/strong> <\/strong>CHIRICOI<\/strong>3<\/sup><\/strong>, <\/strong>Omar<\/strong> <\/strong>Haji<\/strong> <\/strong>OMAR<\/strong>4<\/sup><\/strong>,<\/strong> <\/strong>Moh`d<\/strong> <\/strong>Mahame<\/strong> <\/strong>HAJI<\/strong>4<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n

1<\/sup><\/em> Department of Management – Marketing, <\/em>Faculty of Economic Sciences<\/em>, University of<\/em> <\/em>Oradea, Oradea, <\/em>Romania<\/em><\/p>\n

2<\/sup><\/em> <\/em>Department of Economics and Business, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Oradea, Oradea, <\/em>Romania<\/em><\/p>\n

3<\/sup><\/em> <\/em>PhD<\/em> <\/em>student,<\/em> <\/em>Business<\/em> <\/em>Administration,<\/em> <\/em>Faculty<\/em> <\/em>of<\/em> <\/em>Economic<\/em> <\/em>Sciences,<\/em> <\/em>University<\/em> <\/em>of<\/em> <\/em>Oradea<\/em><\/p>\n

4<\/sup><\/em> <\/em>The<\/em> <\/em>State<\/em> <\/em>University<\/em> <\/em>of<\/em> <\/em>Zanzibar<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/em>ebotezat@uoradea.ro<\/u><\/em><\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

oban@uoradea.ro<\/u><\/em><\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

chiricoilid@gmail.com<\/u><\/em><\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

omar.kombo@suza.ac.tz<\/u><\/em><\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

mmhaji@suza.ac.tz<\/u><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Abstract:<\/strong> <\/strong>Today’s<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>work<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>market<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>presents<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>candidates<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>with<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>increasing<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>demands<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>and<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>unaddressed<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>challenges that<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>underscore<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>the<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>importance<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>of adaptability,<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>understood<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>as<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>one’s<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>capacity<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>to<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>adjust<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>behaviors,<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>thoughts, and emotions to respond effectively to changing work demands, environments, or situations. Although numerous<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>studies<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>have examined graduates’ intentions to leave a job or even a profession, there remains a<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>significant<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>knowledge<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>gap.<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>Drawing<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>on<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>social<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>exchange<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>theory<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>and<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>job<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>embeddedness<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>theory,<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>the<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>present study aims to examine how graduates from Romania and Zanzibar perceive their ability to adapt to workplace<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>demands<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>and<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>their<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>intentions<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>for<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>turnover.<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>To<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>meet<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>this<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>end,<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>the<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>authors<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>conducted<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>an<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>empirical study<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>using<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>the<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>survey<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>technique,<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>with<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>a<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>questionnaire<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>as<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>the<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>research<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>instrument,<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>targeting<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>graduates<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>from the University of Oradea, Romania, and The State University of Zanzibar. Furthermore, it seeks to investigate<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>the<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>differences<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>in<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>adaptability<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>to<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>work<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>and<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>turnover<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>intentions<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>between<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>Romanian<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>and<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>Zanzibaris respondents. Our findings reveal that Zanzibaris graduates scored lower than Romanian graduates in individual adaptability to work, both overall and in specific aspects, as well as in turnover intentions. Additionally, the variability of the investigated variables was lowest among Zanzibaris compared to Romanians. Specifically, respondents from both countries attributed the lowest score to the “Embracing continuous learning” component of individual adaptability to work and the highest score to the individual adaptability to work component, namely “Coping with Work Stress.” The paper contributes to a better understanding of how individual adaptability to work, combined with turnover intentions, is perceived by university graduates<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>from Romania<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>and<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>Zanzibar, providing<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>some<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>explanations<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>and<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>opening<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>new<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>avenues for research.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n

Keywords<\/strong>: university<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>graduates,<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>Romania,<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>Zanzibar,<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>individual<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>adaptability<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>to<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>work,<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>turnover<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>intention<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n

JEL<\/strong> <\/strong>Classification:<\/strong> <\/strong>A23,<\/i><\/em> <\/i><\/em>M20<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n

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Elena BOTEZAT1, Olimpia BAN2, Lidia CHIRICOI3, Omar Haji OMAR4, Moh`d Mahame HAJI4 1 Department of Management – Marketing, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania 2 Department of Economics and Business, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania 3 PhD student, Business Administration, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Oradea 4 The State University of Zanzibar  ebotezat@uoradea.ro  oban@uoradea.ro  chiricoilid@gmail.com  omar.kombo@suza.ac.tz  mmhaji@suza.ac.tz Abstract: Today’s work market presents candidates with increasing demands and unaddressed challenges that underscore the importance of adaptability, understood as one’s capacity to adjust behaviors, thoughts, and emotions to respond effectively to changing work demands, environments, or situations. Although numerous studies have examined graduates’ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123465,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3c4cf-2IT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10471"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123465"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10477,"href":"https:\/\/anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10471\/revisions\/10477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}