Opportunities for Career Advancement Found to be Very Important to Truckload Drivers

This paper examines the results of a 1990 study conducted to determine what contributes and detracts from job satisfaction for drivers as a means of addressing the driver turnover/retention issue. A total of 3,910 drivers responded to a 20-page, 68-question survey resulting in a 34 percent response rate. The survey covered a variety of issues concerning the job of drivers, including several aspects of the work environment and motivational factors that influence job satisfaction. One of the major conclusions of this study was that drivers have an overwhelming desire for some form of a career path and system of advancement.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=111
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/15140
• Authors:
  • Rodriguez, Julene M
  • Griffin, Gene C
• Publication Date: 1993-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 7p
• Serial:
  • UGPTI Staff Paper
  • Issue Number: 108
  • Publisher: Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Job opportunities; Surveys; Truck drivers
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Motor Carriers;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01705825
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: SP-108
• Files: NTL, TRIS
• Created Date: May 23 2019 4:29PM