Influence of Job Satisfaction on Organizational Commitment of Employees at Ethiopian Management Institute

Adhana, Hayget (2017) Influence of Job Satisfaction on Organizational Commitment of Employees at Ethiopian Management Institute. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.

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Abstract

The study examined the influence of job satisfaction on organizational commitment of employees in Ethiopian Management Institute. The data was collected through self administered questionnaire from 162 respondents. The instruments used for data collection were Meyer, Allen, and Smith (1993) 18 item revised version of the three component organizational commitment questionnaire and Spector(1985) job satisfaction survey(JSS)tool. Spearman’s Rank Correlation Statistical tool and linear regression were used to test the hypotheses. The finding revealed that there is moderate level of employees organizational commitment and the commitment profile of the institute can be plotted as moderate affective organizational commitment, moderate normative organizational commitment and low continuance organizational commitment. According to the result of the study Job satisfaction level of employees in the institute is moderate. And significant positive relationship was found between job satisfaction and organizational commitment and its two constructs i.e., affective and normative organizational commitment and no significant relationship was found with continuance organizational commitment. Significant relationship was found between job satisfaction factors such as, pay, promotion, supervision, fringe benefits, co-workers, nature of work and communication and organizational commitment, affective and normative organizational commitment. Statically significant positive relationship was found for continuance organizational commitment with pay and fringe benefit only. No statistically significant relationship was found between job satisfaction factors such as contingent reward and operating procedure with organizational commitment, affective, normative and continuance organizational commitment. The result of the study also revealed that job satisfaction is a major predictor of organizational commitment and its constructs except continuance organizational commitment.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Job Satisfaction, Factors of Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, Affective Organizational Commitment, Normative Organizational Commitment, Continuance Organizational Commitment
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
Divisions: Africana
Depositing User: Tim Khabala
Date Deposited: 04 Jul 2018 09:13
Last Modified: 04 Jul 2018 09:13
URI: http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/6581

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