Download or read book Organisational Commitment and Job Satisfaction in Higher Educational Institutions written by Dinah Jeruto Kipkebut and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research on organisational commitment has gained momentum over the last two decades because of its association with positive work practices. As organisations undertake restructuring measures to maintain a leaner workforce, employee commitment to the organisation has now become more critical than ever. The main objectives of this research are: (a) to establish whether Meyer and Allen?s multidimensional organisational commitment is applicable to a Kenyan setting; (b) to determine whether there are any sector (i.e. public and private) and occupational group (i.e. academic and administrative) differences in the levels organisational commitment, job satisfaction and turnover intentions; and (c) to examine the extent to which demographic characteristics, professional commitment, job and role-related factors, and HRM practices influenced organisational commitment, job satisfaction and turnover intentions among employees in public and private universities. This study was motivated by the state of Kenyan universities, particularly public universities as centres of excellence which are responsible for the development of human resources required for national development. Over the last two decades, public universities have been facing a myriad of problems which have affected their ability to motivate and retain their employees. This has been as a result of the general state of economic decline the country has been experiencing since the late 1980s. Consequently, facilities are rundown, students? unrest on the increase while employees are dissatisfied because of various monetary and non-monetary factors resulting in high turnover rates among academics while those who have remained are actively involved in moonlighting activities to supplement their income. The declining conditions in public universities have pushed private universities from the periphery to the forefront. Although, they offer market-oriented courses, their dependence on tuition fees as their main source of funding has made them unaffordable to ordinary Kenyans, thus raising concerns about equity in these institutions. The data for this study was collected using questionnaires from 829 academic and 785 administrative employees from three public and three private universities, with a response rate of 54% (446 academic employees) and 62% (486 administrative employees) after data screening. The data was analysed using statistical package (SPSS). In addition, semi-structured interviews were conducted from 15 academic and administrative employees with the aim of validating the data collected from the questionnaires. The findings indicated that Meyer and Allen?s multidimensional organisational commitment was applicable in the Kenyan context. Secondly, the independent variables (i.e. personal characteristics, job and role-related factors, professional commitment and HR practices) were stronger predictors of organisational commitment, job satisfaction and turnover intentions for academics than for the administrative employees. Thirdly, employees from private universities were more committed to their universities and satisfied with their jobs than employees from public universities. Finally, age, education, professional commitment, role overload, supervisory support, job security, promotional opportunities, distributive justice and participation in decision making were the most important predictors of organisational commitment, job satisfaction and turnover intentions among employees in Kenyan universities. These results are significant for theory, policy and practice. In light of the applicability of the multidimensional organisational commitment to the Kenyan context, university managers should try to understand and establish work-related practices which are likely to enhance the most?desirable? component of commitment.

Download or read book Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment Among Faculty at Taiwan s Higher Education Institutions written by Yu-Ching Huang and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Job Satisfaction and Organisational Commitment written by Susheela Mcwatts and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research suggest that increasing employee commitment and satisfaction impacts on employee productivity and job performance, and has implications for job related behaviours such as absenteeism, turnover and tardiness. Moreover, literature also suggests that downsizing and cost-cutting negatively impacts on the satisfaction and commitment of employees and impacts on the effectiveness of organisations. The contention is that in order to reconcile the need to achieve high quality and organisational effectiveness in an environment of declining per capita resources and change, it will be necessary to secure a high level of commitment and satisfaction from all those employed in the higher education sector. This study sought to investigate the factors that produce commitment and satisfaction in academic and support staff respectively and to understand any important similarities and differences that may exist.

Download or read book The Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Pay Satisfaction with Organisational Commitment Among Academics in Higher Learning Institutions in Klang Valley written by Revati Ramakrishnan and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last few years, there has been an increase in research conducted which relates to organizational commitment among the various industrial groups. Given the established importance of higher learning institutions (HLIs), it is not arguable/it cannot be denied that academics are one of the most important factors for an HLI to excel and flourish. It is observed that from the extensive research that is conducted, there are limited studies done using academic samples and this is especially so in the Klang Valley. This study is designed to explore the relationship between job satisfaction and pay satisfaction as it relates to organizational commitment among academics of HLIs in Klang Valley. Specifically, this study seeks to study the following: (1) the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment; (2) the relationship between pay satisfaction and organizational commitment; and (3) the difference in pay satisfaction between academics of public and private HLIs. Questionnaires were distributed to 300 participants who were recruited from public and private HLIs. Statistical analyses specifically regression, correlation and independent t-test is used to analyze the findings in the relationship of job satisfaction and pay satisfaction with organizational commitment. The findings show that there is a significant relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment (r = 0.605) and between pay satisfaction and organizational commitment (r = 0.630). Results also indicated that the academics from the public institutions have higher pay satisfaction than the academics from private institutions. The results of the study have valuable implications for all involved in the leadership and management of Higher Education Division, college administration and educators themselves because educational organizations, like all other organizations, require constant monitoring to identify areas for possible change and development especially when workplace practices have been increasingly changing since the last few decades. Findings of this study would also be useful to Human Resource managers in determining an employees's worth by the market value of their labour.

Download or read book Job Satisfaction on Organisational Commitment Among Academics written by Tarisai Chikungwa and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biggest challenge faced by Human Resources Managers in tertiary institutions in trying to execute staff recruitment and retention strategies, is the employment of reward and motivation techniques that build job satisfaction and high commitment to excellent performance. Much debate exists on whether job satisfaction has effects on commitment levels among academic staff. Deductive reasoning was adopted for this research project utilising Herzberg's two factor theory to fully understand and explain the effects of job satisfaction on organisational commitment amongst academics. The results of the study showed that a greater proportion of the academic staff was not satisfied with their jobs with reasons for dissatisfaction including interalia high volume of work, inadequate salaries, allowances and unclear advancement opportunities. The findings of the study also indicated a significant relationship between job satisfaction and organisational commitment. There is, therefore, a need to craft a responsive incentive package that addresses the concerns of academic staff on issues related to job satisfaction and thus stave off turnover and lack of commitment.

Download or read book THE INFLUENCE OF JOB INVOVLVEMENT JOB SATISFACTION AND PERCEIVED ORGANISATIONAL SUPPORT TOWARD ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT AMONG EMPLOYEES OF PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN KUALA LUMPUR written by TAN TZE LING (TP048993) and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research study is conducted to examine the factors influencing organisational commitment among employees of private higher educational institutions in Kuala Lumpur. The literature review has revealed that job involvement, job satisfaction and perceived organisational support are the predictors that can improve employees who are working in the private higher educational institution. A conceptual framework has also been developed. The study proposed three hypotheses concerning employees (academic and non-academic) in Malaysia private universities. The target population for this research study focuses solely on employees (academic and non-academic) from selected Malaysian private universities. A quantitative study using the cross-sectional method is employed for this research study. There are a total of 168 respondents from two private universities and the sampling is selected based on simple random sampling technique. Various assumptions of the test analysis have been conducted to test the hypotheses such as descriptive analysis, reliability analysis, normality test, Pearson Correlation Coefficient analysis and Multiple Regression Analysis. The study has confirmed that job involvement, job satisfaction and perceived organisational support are positively correlated with organisational commitment. The findings of the study have also established that there is a significant relationship between organisational commitment and job involvement, job satisfaction and perceived organisational support. Lastly, it is recommended that Human Resource Personnel provide useful workshops and trainings to improve employees' organisational commitment entailing to better organisational reputation and performance.

Download or read book The role of motivation and its effect on job satisfaction and organizational commitment A study on educators employed in Maltese schools written by Rudolph Marmara and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2020-10-14 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master's Thesis from the year 2019 in the subject Leadership and Human Resource Management - Employee Motivation, grade: MERIT, University of Chester (Chester Business School), course: Master in Business Administration, language: English, abstract: This study was based on the philosophy of positivism which directed the author to use a deductive approach. A stratified random sampling technique was used to select a sample from each educators’ category out of a total population of 6745 educators. A total of 713 respondents (382 teachers, 65 kindergarten educators and 266 learning support educators) took part in the study. The data collecting tool used was a questionnaire with close-ended questions. SurveyMonkey and MS Excel built-in tools were used to analyse and present the quantitative data collected. The Maltese Government has highly invested in its educational sector intending to achieve a better learning outcome rate and decrease the number of early school leavers. To reach its targets, the education expenditure rate in 2017 compared to Malta’s GDP was 4.9% which was above the EU average. Furthermore, in 2018, the budget for Education was even higher due to an increase in educators’ salaries. The Maltese educational sector, which is under the remit of the Ministry of Education and Employment (MEDE), employs 9871 people which is a substantial share of the country’s public service workforce. Most of them are educators who are collectively responsible for the learning outcomes of students attending Maltese State schools (MSS). Apart from the administrative roles of College Principals, Head of Departments, Head of Schools, Assistant Heads of Schools and Education Officers, the Educators’ class is composed of three other categories which are the teachers in both primary and secondary schools, the kindergarten educators (KE’s) and the learning support educators (LSE’s). For this research study, any reference to the Educators class is referring to the categories of teachers, KE’s and LSE’s.

Download or read book Relationship of Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment with Stay Intention of Faculty of Higher Education Institutes written by Rashid Ahmad and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The faculty plays a pivotal role for knowledge creation and provides support to strengthen a higher education institutes. Indeed, recruitment and retention of faculty have emerged as big challenges for HEIs. Today, the institutes are striving hard to attract and retain the best faculty from the available pool to counter the scarcity of talented faculty. The objective of this cross-sectional research is to find the impact of Job Satisfaction (JS) and Organizational Commitment (OC) (employee attitudinal variables) on faculty retention in HEIs with moderating role of Work-Family Conflict (WFC) and Family-Work Conflict (FWC). Primary data was collected from full time faculty members from a higher education institute. The results indicated that JS and OC have significant impact on stay intention of faculty with partial moderating effect of WFC and FWC. Data analysis techniques used are reliability analysis, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis. Limitations and future recommendations are also presented.

Download or read book Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction Among Staff of Higher Learning Education Institutions in Kelantan written by Norizan Ismail and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Organisational Commitment and Job Satisfaction of Non academic Personnel at a Tertiary Education Institution written by Sandile Mbukeni Khwela and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Managing Behavior in Organizations written by Leonard A. Schlesinger and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1983 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Culture Control and Commitment written by James R. Lincoln and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1992-06-04 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Organizational Commitment of Teachers of Higher Education written by Thomas Chathamparampil and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With reference to Bangalore University.

Download or read book Descriptions of Organizational Servant Leadership Practices Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment at Faith based Higher Education Institutions written by Michael J. Rubino and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Servant Leadership for Higher Education written by Daniel W. Wheeler and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SERVANT LEADERSHIP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION "Given the myriad of complex problems facing higher education, it is difficult to imagine that an administrator at any level of the institution could be effective without engaging in servant leadership. Higher education is a service industry and, consequently, this text is a must read for practicing administrators who are committed to effective leadership." MARY LOU HIGGERSON, Ph.D., vice president for Academic Affairs and dean of the college, Baldwin-Wallace College "Finally a thoughtful book on servant leadership with direct application to higher education. Includes many strategies for developing servant leadership in self, others, and organizations." DR. GARY L. FILAN, executive director, Chair Academy "With Servant Leadership for Higher Education Dan Wheeler brings the gauzy platitudes sometimes associated with servant leadership down to earth in a set of field-tested principles. I finished the book fantasizing about how much better off our colleges and universities would be if our leaders behaved like this!" JON WERGIN, professor of educational studies, Ph.D. in Leadership & Change Program, Antioch University "This is a must read for anyone thinking about becoming an academic leader. In the academy, it is not about command and control it's about serving your colleagues. Dan Wheeler's book 'nails it' as nothing is more critical to leaders than success in serving their colleagues." WALTER GMELCH, dean and professor, School of Education, University of San Francisco

Download or read book Commitment in Organizations written by Howard J. Klein and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commitment is one of the most researched concepts in organizational behavior. This edited book in the SIOP Organizational Frontiers series, with contributions from many scholars, attempts to summarize current research and suggests new directions for studies on commitment in organizations. Commitment is linked to other concepts ie. satisfaction, involvement, motivation, and identification and is studied across cultural lines. Both the individual and group levels of building and maintaining commitment are discussed.

Download or read book Employee Organization Linkages written by Richard T. Mowday and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Employee-Organization Linkages: The Psychology of Commitment, Absenteeism, and Turnover summarizes the theory and research on employee-organization linkages, including the processes through which employees become linked to work organizations, the quality of such linkages, and how linkages are weakened or severed. The text identifies the determinants of employee commitment, absenteeism, and turnover, as well as their consequences for the individual, work groups, and the larger organization. The book also presents conceptual models on how employees become committed to, decide to be absent from, and decide to leave their organizations. Human resource practitioners, managers, employers, and industrial psychologists will find the book very informative and insightful.