Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect human resource development on turnover intention through mediating role organizational commitment. Design/methodology/approach This used a quantitative research design. Data were collected from 204 flight attendants employees working at Royal Jordanian Airlines Company using an email survey questionnaire. Structural equation modeling (S...

BACKGROUND Many epidemiological studies point to an increased risk of breast cancer among female airline cabin crew. Possible causes include occupational factors (e.g. cosmic radiation exposure, chronodisruption), as well as lifestyle and reproductive factors. AIMS To investigate the frequency of various risk factors in German flight attendants which are recognised to be associated with breas...

The aviation industry has evolved rapidly in recent years, and so have consumer expectations with regard to air travel. This study examines how travellers conceptualise in-flight experience. Using a mixed-methods approach, this is divided into two phases. First, semi-structured qualitative interviews were undertaken 32 members of the flying public analysed using thematic analysis. Second, based...

One prominent criterion to achieve efficient learning and instruction in an educational setting is the appropriate material(s) specifically developed for that particular group of learners, particularly in an English for Occupational Purposes (EOP) context. This study aimed at developing new EOP materials for pre-service cabin crew in an aviation school. To do so, initially the researchers perfo...

OBJECTIVE To examine an industry funded and controlled study of in flight air quality (IFAQ). METHODS Systematic search of internal tobacco industry documents available on the internet and at the British American Tobacco Guildford Depository. RESULTS Individuals from several tobacco industry companies, led by Philip Morris, designed, funded, conducted, and controlled the presentation of res...