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Background:. This study examines the past quits and intentions to search for alternative jobs as predictor of Hobo Syndrome in Banking, Health and Development Sector.

Methods: The sample consisted of 228 employees working in banking (n= 76), health (n= 76) and development (n= 76) sector. The inclusion criterion for sample participation was at least 1 year of working experience in health, banking and development sectors. The selected organizations included private banks, hospitals and nongovernmental organizations. The age of the employees was ranging between 25–50 years. The intention to search for alternative job was measured. Question was anchored on a 5-point likert scale strongly disagree= 1 and strongly agree= 5. High scores indicate a strong urge to look for alternative job. Job Hopping Measure consisting of three items was used to gauge Hobo Syndrome. The responses were collected on scale format of 7-point Likert scale where strongly disagree= 1 to strongly agree= 7. 12For the analysis number of past quits was measured by the total number of times an individual had voluntarily exited a job as reported by the respondent. And frequency of past quits was also measured by likert format where never= 1 and often= 4. Frequency of past quits was then used as a predictor of hobo syndrome. Reliability test was computed. Frequencies, custom tabulation and Regression analysis were used for analyses of the results.

Results: The sector-wise past job quits are comparatively high in the bracket of 1-3 past job quits and here, job quitting seems high in health sector as compared to other sectors. The results also reveal that random …