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A STUDY OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AMONG THE EXECUTIVE EMPLOYEES IN MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN
KUCHING
Bong Sin Joo
Corporate Master in Business Administration 2011
P U5St Kbidmat Maklumat Akademik UNlVERSm MALAYSIA SARAWAK
P.KHIDMAT MAKLUMAT AKADI!MII;<
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A STUDY OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AMONG THE EXECUTIVE EMPLOYEES IN MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN KUCHING
BONG SIN 100
A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Corporate Master in Business Administration
Faculty of Economics and Business UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARA W AK
2011
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Statement of Originality
The work described in this Project, entitled "A STUDY OF ORGANIZAT10NAL
COMMITMENT AMONG THE EXECUTIVE EMLOYEES IN MANUFACTURING
SECTOR IN KUCHING" is to the best of the author's knowledge that author except where due
reference is made.
Date Submitted Bong Sin Joo
09031601
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ABSTRACT
A STUDY OF ORGANIZAT'IONAL COMMITMENT AMONG THE EXECUTIVE
EMPLOYEES IN MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN KUCHING
By
Bong Sin Joo
(The main aim of this study is to explore the relationship between job satisfaction (workload, pay
and interest) and leadership styles (participative leadership and consultative leadership) with
organizational commitment (affective commitment, continuance commitment and nonnative
cOl11mitmcnt~ A total of 200 sets of structured questionnaire were distributed to those executive
employees at manufacturing sector in Kuching. However, there are only 150 sets of
questionnaire were rctull1cd. The collected data was analyzed based on frequency, factor
analysis, reliability analysis, Persoll Correlation Coefficient and Linear Regression analysis. The
result of factor analysis revealed that the respondent perceived different dimension that stated in
the literature. Thus, the n:scarcher had rcnamt,;d the factors as works comfc)1table, workload,
initiatives leadership and consulltative leadership. The tindings of the study showed that
initiatives leadership hud the strongest positive relationship with three dimensions of
organizational commitment.
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ABSTRAK
KAJIAN ANTARA KOMITMEN ORGANISASI PEKERJA EKSEKUIIF OALAM
SEKTOR PERKILANGAN 01 KUCHING
Oleh
Bong Sin Joo
Tujuan utama kajian ini adalah untuk mcnjclajab hubungan antara kepuasan kerja (beban kerja,
membayar dan minat) dan gaya kepimpinan (kepimpinan patiisipatif dan kepemimpinan
konsultatit) dcngan komitmen organisasi (komitmcn afcktif~ komitmen belierusan dan komitmen
normatit). Sebunyak 200 set soal selidik bcrstruktur dibahagikan kepada para pekerja eksekutif
di sektor pcrkiInngan di Kuching. Nnmun, hanya ada 150 set soal selidik yang kembali. Data
yang dikumpul dianalisis berdasarkan frekuensi, anal isis faktor, anal isis kebolehpercayaan,
Person Koctisicn Korelasi dan analisis regresi linier. Keputusan analisis faktor menunjukkan
bahawa respond en mcmpersepsikan dimensi yang berbeza yang dinyatakan di dalam literatur.
Dengan demikian, penyelidik telah bcrganti nama menjadi faktor sebagai keselesaaan kerja,
beban kCI:ia, kcpimpinan inisiatif dan kcpimpinan konsultatif Penemuan kajian menunjukkan
bahawa inisiatif kepimpinan mcmpunyai hubungan positif kuat dengan tiga dimensi komitmen
orgal1lsasl.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First of ail, I would like to thank my beloved God for providing me with healthiness,
patience; wisdom and knowledge that I needed to complete my research.
I would also like to address my high appreciation to my supervisor, Dr. Lo May Chi un,
for her guidance and help for this study.
I would like to express to my gratitude to my fami ly and all my friends, for their support
and help throughout this study.
Finally, I wish to thank all the lecturers, staff of the Faculty of Economics and Business,
UNIMAS, in the contribution to the success of this study.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
LIST OF TABLE IX
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study 1.1.1 The Malaysian Scenario 3
1.2 Problem Statement 4 1.3 Research Objectives 5 1.4 Research Questions 6 1.5 Definitions of Key Terms 6 1.6 Significance of the Study 8 1.7 Scope of the Study 9 1.8 Organizations of the Chapters 9
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction 10 2.2 Organizational Commitment 10
2.2.1 Affective Commitment 12 2.2 .2 Continuance Commitment 12 2.2.3 Normative Commitment 13 Job Satisfaction 14 2.3.1 Workload 17 2.3.2 Pay 18 2.3 .3 Interest (Self-Interest) 19
2.4 Leadership 20 2.4.1 Participative Leadership 23 2.4.2 Consultative Leadership 24
2.5 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment 25
2.6 Leadership and Organizational Commitment 29 2.7 Theoretical Framework 33
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2.7.1 Gap in the Literature 33 2.7.2 Conceptual Framework 34 2.7.3 Descriptions of Variables 34
2.8 Development of Hypotheses 35 2.8.1 The Relationship between Job Satisfaction and Organizational
Commitment 35 2.8.2 The Relationship between Leadership and Organizational
Commitment 36 2. Conclusion 36
CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY
.1 Introduction 37 3.2 Research Design 37 3.3 Population and Sample 37 3.4 Data Collection 38
3.5 Instruments 39
3.6 Data Analysis 41
3.7 Conclusion 44
3.4.1 Primary Data 38 3.4.2 Secondary Data 39
3.5.1 Part A: Respondent's Background 39 3.5.2 Part B: Job Satisfaction 39 3.5.3 Part C: Leadership Styles 40 3.5.4 Part D: Organizational Commitment 41
3.6.1 Descriptive Statistics 41 3.6.2 Inference Statistics 42
3.6.2.1 Factor Analysis 42 3.6.2.2 Reliability Analysis 42 3.6.2.3 Pearson Correlation 42 3.6.2.4 Simple Regression Analysis 43
CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS
4.1 Introduction 45 4.2 Respondent Rates 45 4.3 Respondent's Demographic Profile 46 4.4 Factor Analysis 50
4.4.1 Kaiser-Mcyer-Olkin (KMO) on Job Satisfaction Variables and Leadership Styles Variables 50
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4.4.2 Total Variance Explained, Rotated Component Matrix and Reliability on Job Satisfaction and Leadership Styles 50
4.4.3 Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) on Organizational Commitment Variables 53
4.4.4 Total Variance Explained, Rotated Component Matrix and Reliability on Organizational Commitment 53
4.5 Restatement of Research Hypotheses 56 4.6 Correlation Analysis between Dimensions of Job Satisfaction and
Leadership Styles with Dimensions of Organizational Commitment 58 4.7 Simple Regression Analysis 59
4.7.1 Regression between Independent Variable and Affective Commitment 60
4.7.2 Regression between Independent Variable and Continuance Commitment 61
4.7.3 Regression between Independent Variable and Normative Commitment 62
4. Hypotheses Testing 63 4.9 Conclusion 66
CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
5. ) Introduction 67 5.2 Summary of Findings 67 5,3 Discussion and Implications of the Results 68
5.3.1 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment 68 5.3.2 Leadership Styles and Organizational Commitment 69
5.4 Contribution of the Study 70 5.4.1 Theoretical Contribution 70 5.4.2 Practical Contribution 70
5.5 Recommendations for Organizations 71 5. Recommendations for Further Researchers 72 5.7 Limitations of the Study 73 5.8 Conclusion 74
REFERENCES 75
APPENDICES
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LIST OF TABLES
Table Page
Table I: Strength of Relationship in Correlation 43
Table 2: Summary of Respondent's Demographic Profiles 48
Table 3: KMO and Bartlett's Test for Job Satisfaction and Leadership Styles 50
Table 4: Factor Analysis result for Job Satisfaction and Leadership Styles 52
Table 5: KMO and Baltlett's Test for Organizational Commitment 53
Table 6: Factor Analysis result for Organizational Commitment 55
Table 7: Descriptive Statistics, Correlation and Cronbach's Coet1icients
Alpha among Job Satisfaction, Leadership Styles and Organizational
Commitment 59
Tabh:: 8: Regression Ana'lysis: Initiatives Leadership, Work Comfort,
Consultative Leadership, And Workload with Affective Commitment 60
Table 9: Regression Analysis: Initiatives Leadership, Work Comfort,
Consultative Leadership, And Workload with Continuance Commitment 61
Table 10: Regression Analysis: Initiatives Leadership, Work Comfort,
Consultative Leadership, And Workload with Normative Commitment 62
Table II: Summary of Hypotheses Testing Results 65
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
The impact of organizational commitment has grown significantly in the field of management
de e)opment. This concept receives a great deal of empirical study as a consequence as a work
related variable. Organizational commitment is critical among the executives in creating a
business environment that promotes motivation and job satisfaction at the workplace (Pool &
Pool, 2007). Nowadays, an organization must be concerned with the turnover of employee in and
out of the organization because employees are intangible assets that can help the organization to
achieve organization's goals (Mathieu & Zajac, 1990).
It has become clearer that Organization Commitment (OC) has an important implication to
employees and organization. It can be proven by various researches that are done. Organizations
ar intended to have more highly committed workforce, because the research results show that
organizational commitment leads to impOliant outcomes such as decreased turnover rate, higher
motivation, higher organization citizenship behavior and organizational support (Kwon & Banks,
2004). In the study of Pool and Pool (2007), they stated that motivation and job satisfaction are
linked to the organization whereby it is committed to achieve organizational goals . They also
str sed that this commitment has a greater desire to maintain employees with that organization.
Committed employees are less likely to develop patterns Of tardiness or to be chronically absent
from work (Angle & Perry, 1981). Employees that are committed are also less likely to leave
organization to explore other career opportunities (Allen & Meyer, 1996). In addition, committed
employee always help to improve business performance through their ability to generate ideas
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and use these as building block for new and better products, services and work processes (Jong
& Hartog, 2007).
It is important tor the organization to know what are the aspects that play important role or have
big impact in boosting the commitment of the employees. Krueger (2003) has highlighted in his
study that finding ways to promote job satisfaction may enable managers to improve their
organization's perfonnance without incurring substantial additional costs. Furthermore, an
OECD study estimates that over half of the workers are worried about the future of their
company, and 29% are unsure of their job even if they perfonned weB (Arnal & Torres, 2001).
Yousef (2000) has found that the ability of leaders to properly implement leadership styles has
motivated employees to commit to the organization in tum has led to higher job satisfaction
within the organization.
Thu , this research is aimed at examining whether the job satisfaction among the employees, and
leadership styles (participative and consultative leadership) by the team leader of a company
have any impact in influencing an employee's commitment where he/she is working in. It is
important as to ensure a successful management planning, which result in the increase in
productivity and protitability of the organization.
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1.1.1 The Malaysian Scenario
Great interest of organizational topics that relates to organizational commitment, job satisfaction
and leadership styles has been sparked by its potential benefits to individual and organizations.
The achievement of an organization does not only rely on how the organization utilizes its
human capitals and competencies but also on how it incites commitment to the organization
(Nijhot: de Jong & Beukhof, 1998). This is because according to Steinhaus and Perry (1996),
committed and satisfied employees are likely to indicate high performance and are normally
productive with identified organizational goals and organizational values.
In Malaysian, managers face vanous challenges that reqUIre them to remam competitive
especially in uncertain circumstances. Unceliain circumstances in an organization may lead to
hight:r stress among the staff at managerial level in business sectors. This may cause lower
commitment in an organization. In addition, people tends to leave their job, which is lack of
career development and little recognition for their efforts (Borneo Post, 2010). Thus, the biggest
challenge for Malaysia organizations is to promote the sense of commitment among the
employees and retain their employees by rewarding them with reasonable benefits and
remuneration. Higher commitment among the staffs in an organization will lead to higher
organization perfonnance and thus will contribute more on Gross Domestic Product (GOP).
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1.2 Problem Statement
People work to meet the basic needs, to survive and to carryon with their life. Living in the
materialistic world, the main attraction that motivates an employee to work is money, non
financial rewards, and how their leader treats them. It is important that employees are satisfied
with their job in order to maintain high level of competency, be fully dedicated and have high
morale in their contribution which can increase their level of commitment towards their
organization.
Employees' commitment towards their job has a big implication on the organization performance.
Bennett and Durkin (2000) stated that negative effects associated with lack of employee
commitment include absenteeism and turnover. As a result, it will cause a lower productivity and
enici DCY on the organization. On the other hand, if organizational commitment is intact then
then: will be relatively no turnover (Mathieu & Zajac, 1990). Employees with the sense of
organizational commitment are less likely to engage in withdrawal behavior and are more willing
to accept change (Iverson & Buttigieg, 1998).
Malays.ia's reliance on manufacturing sector business which contributes more than 40% in
Growth Domestic Product (GOP) certainly demand their workers to be always highly committed
and pcrlonning (Trade Chakra, 20 to). Many employees tend to change their job or switch to
another business sector with the hope that they can tind jobs with relatively lower stress, better
prospects, better pay, reasonable workload and better !nanagement. When the employees are
working under high level of stress where their managers tend to expect a lot from the employees,
this will int1uence their job perfonnance and thus will lower their level of commitment.
Nowadays, people tend to work just to fultill their basic needs for their daily living. As long as
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the pay is enough for them to cover up their daily living expenses, they are willing to accept the
job without taking their interest on the particular job into consideration.
Employees are also not satisfied with the current system and leadership styles among their
leader . They have the perception that organization has no concern for its employees' feeling and
benefit and the priority is only to make higher profit and to increase their business performance.
In this era of globalization, the dynamic changes which occur outside and inside organizations
have encouraged leaders to shift the paradigms of their leadership behavior from a traditional
mechanistic approach to humanistic based leadership style in order to achieve organizational
strategies and goals (Brown, 2003).
Thus, through this study the researcher wishes to find out whether the job satisfaction and
leader hip styles have any influence on the employees' organizationa) commitment.
1.3 Research Objectives
The purpose of this study is to:
I. To study the relationship between job satisfaction (Workload, Pay and Interest) and
employees' organizational commitment.
2. To study the relationship between leadership styles (Participative Leadership and
Consultative Leadership) and employees' organizational commitment.
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1.4 Research Questions
In view of the above objectives, {he questions that are to be addressed in this study are:
1. Does workload directly predict employees' organizational commitment?
2. Does pay directly predict employees' organizational commitment?
3. Does interest directly predict employees' organizational commitment?
4. Does participative leadership directly predict employees' organizational commitment?
5. Docs consultative leadership directly predict employees' organizational commitment?
1.5 Definition of Key Terms
Orgarul.ational commitment is defined as the relative strength of an individual's identification
and involvement in the particular organization (Mowday et aI., 1979).
According to Mowday et al. (1979), the concept of commitment can be characterized by at least
three factors; first, organizational commitment reflects the strong belief and acceptance of the
organization's goals and values. Second, commitment impacts the executive's behavior within an
organization. Third, organizational commitment produces a strong desire to maintain
membership in the organization.
Allen and Meyer (1990) developed a three-component model of commitment that integrates
affective, continuance and normative commitment. According to them, affective commitment is
detennincd by work expcliences relating to the job of the person and structural characteristics.
Continuance commitment is detennined by the magnitude and number of investment that have
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been made in the current organization and the number of perceived alternatives. Normative
commitment is determined by an individual's experiences prior to entry during employment in
terms offamiliar, cultural and organizational socialization.
Locke (1 969) detined job satisfaction as the pleasurable emotional state resulting from the
apprai al of one's job as achieving of facilitating one's job values.
Hart and Staveland (1988) described workload as the perceived relationship between the amount
of mental processing capability or resources and the amount required by the task.
Pay refers to the amount of financial compensation that an individual receives with extend to
which uch compensation is perceived to be equitable (Luthans, 1998). However, there is a bit
ditlerellce between pay and salary. Salary is a form of periodic payment from an employer to an
employee, which is specitied in an employment contract. It is contrasted with pay, where each
job, hour or other unit is paid separately, rather than on a periodic basis.
According to Renninger & Hidi (2004), interest refers to a psychological state of having an
affeClive reaction to and focused attention for pal1icular content and/or the relatively enduring
predisposition to re-engage particular classes of objects, events or ideas. Interest describes the
cognitive and atlective relationship between a person and particular classes of subject matter
(John Dewey, 2002).
Leadership is defincd as the ability to influence a group towards the achievement of goals
(Robbin , 1993). Fiedler (1967) believed that leadership is a kind of relationship to apply power
and influence to make people work together and accomplish common goals.
Berson and Avolio (2004) viewed participative leadership style as leader who often works more
closely with their followers and involves all levels of followers in making decision.
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Jong and Hartog (2007) defined consultative leadership style as leader who always requests the
opinions and ideas of their followers in establishing company' s goals and task assignment.
1.6 Significance of the Study
This study is important and useful to the organization, the employees and the society. The study
is helpfu l for the organization to detennine whether relationship exists between job satisfaction,
leadership style and employees' organizational commi,tment. Through this study, the
organization will have the infonnation either their pay and remuneration to their employee can
influence the commitment in the organization or not. Furtnennore, they will have the knowledge
on what type of leadership should be implemented in the organization and the degree of
intluence for leadership style on employees' organizational commitment. Thus, the organization
will be able to revise their management system in order to provide one that suits the needs of
their employees. This will help enhance the employees' commitment level.
This . tudy is also beneficial to the society at large and it can be a guideline or reference for the
further researcher. New established organization also can use this study as the source infonuation
to dctennine the workload, pay and leadership style that suit to their employee in order to
increase their level of commitment. Furthenuore, further researcher will be able to have
knowledge on how to boost employees' commitment level and can give useful suggestion and
recommendation for their study that can be referred by society.
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1.7 Scope of the Study
This study will be carried out in the area of Kuching, Sarawak. The respondents are the executive
level employees in manufacturing companies at Kuchjng. The employees involved are only those
who work pennanently.
1.8 Organization of Chapters
The tirst chapter as a whole is an introduction to the study that is going to be carried out. In the
next chapter, the researcher will do literature review on the studies that have been carried out by
prcvioll. researchers and relevant theories regarding the field of the study. Chapter three presents
research methodology, theoretical framework, sampling of data, data collection and data analysis.
Chapter four presents the empirical result and findings of the study. Chapter five presents the
concluding, recommendations and limitations of the study.
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CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction
This chapter addresses the meaning
leadership styles and provides a review
relationship among the variables.
of organizational
of individual
commitment, job
and multiple studies
satisfaction
involving
and
the
2.2 Organizational Commitment
Organizalional commitment is highly valuable. Highly committed employees will identify the
goals and values of the organization, has a strong desire to belong to the organization and willing
to display greater organizational citizenship behavior (Ranya, 2009). The main focus of this
study is on organizational commitment as a multidimensional concept that represents the
relationsh ip between an employee and employer.
The concept of organizational commitment has been treated as a variable of interest in its own
right and a variety of definitions and measures have been proposed (Coyle et aI., 2006). The
concept has attracted more attention from organizational scientists, perhaps due to changes
taking place in employment practices that have arisen from the international employment
marketplace and increased alternatives for skilled employees in a global economy (Sullivan &
Arthur, 200 ). Skilled workers therefore have the 0ppoliunity to move organization in an effort
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to develop their careers without feeling the need to remain with the same organization for the
given period of time.
Commitment was defined by Porter and his followers as the relative strength of an individual's
identification with and involvement in a particular organization (Porter et aI., 1979). They
claimed organizational commitment was combined with three parts: Strong acceptance,
Participation and Loyalty. A study of Japanese employees found that organizational commitment
could be viewed as a multidimensional construct that applied in Japan and organizational
commitment questionnaire (OCQ) is an effective cross-cultural tool for measuring organizational
commitment (White et ai., 1995).
Organizational commitment was characterized by willingness to maintain membership in the
organization, identification with the organization's values and goals and willingness to invest
effort in order to support the organization's goals (Michael et a\., 2009). The researchers
explained that the behavioral approach to organizational commitment holds that the employee is
committed to a certain mode of action in the organization. According to this approach, the
employee might reach a psychological state of commitment solely as a result of engaging in
binding behaviors.
Mathieu alld Zajac (1990) defined organizational commitment as a work attitude that is directly
related to employee participation and intention to remain with the organization and it linked to
job perfonnance. Organizational commitment includes ~he three components of affective (desire
to remain), continuance (perceived cost of leaving) and normative (perceived obligation to
remain) commitment (Meyer & Allen, 1991).
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2.2.1 Affective Commitment
Affective commitment is defined as the emotional attachment, identification and involvement
that an employee has with its organizational and goals (Mowday et a!., 1997). Porter et a!. (1974)
further characterized affective commitment by three factors which were belief in an acceptance
of the organizational goals and values, willingness to focus effort on helping the organization to
achieve its goal and a desire to maintain organizational membership. Mowday et ai. (1979) stated
that effective communication is "when the employee identifies with a particular organization and
its goal in order to maintain membership to facilitate the goal".
Mueller et. al (1992) and Meyer et. al (1990) have claimed affective commitment can develop
out of positive experiences and encounters within the organization, experiences that
communicate to employees to show organization supports and treats them fairly. Moreover,
employees can develop a sense of personal capability and self worth when the organization
knows how to value their contribution and so reinforces their affective commitment. Wasti (2005)
tound that when examining the effects of and the relations between the three kinds of
commitment, affective commitment is the most strongly related to positive work outcomes,
especially when combined with low levels of continuance commitment.
2.2.2 Continuance Commitment
Continuance commitment IS the willingness to remam m an organization because of the
investment that the employees has with "non-transferable" investment (Reichers, 1985). Non
transterable investments include the things such as retirement, relationship with other employees,
or the special teelings towards the organization. Continuance commitment also includes the
factors such as years of employment or benetits that the employee may receive that are unique to
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the organization (Reichers, 1985). The employees who share continuance commitment with
their employer often make it very difficult to leave the organization.
Continuance commitment develops out of the perceived cost (benefit against loss), and requires
that the employees be aware of these benefits and losses. Therefore different workers who
encounter identical situations may experience different levels of continuance commitment
(Meyer & AIlen, 1997). Hence continuance commitment is a neutral emotional reaction and is
influenced by the consequences of the decision whether to continue in the organization or leave
it. The perceived cost acts as a restraint on leaving and results from two main reasons:
1. Accumulation of side bets.
This r fi rs to all those things that bear significance to the employees in the workplace, such
as wage , time, investment and so forth . These side bets might be lost if the employee
leaves the organization. The commitment to the organization increases when the employee
is better rewarded.
n. Lack of employment alternatives, which lI1creases the perceived cost of leaving the
company.
Employt:es prefer to remain in their employing organizations when they are aware that if
they leave, there is a chance that they will not find a new position.
Normative Commitment
onnative commitment (Bolon, 1997) is the commitment that a person believes that he has the
ling of obligation to his workplace and discussed nOimative commitment as being a
generalized value of loyalty and duty". Meyer and Allen (1991) supported this type of
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commitment with their definition of nonnative commitment being "a feeling of obligation".
Nonnative commitment can be explained by other commitments such as marriage, family and
religion (Wiener, 1982). Nonnative commitment leads employees to stay in the organization due
to a sense of loyalty or duty, and because they feel that this is the right thing to do (Meyer &
Allen, 1997).
Nonnative commitment develops out of internal pressures that result from norms that encourage
extended commitment to the organization. Individuals derive these nonns from socialization
processes in the family and surrounding culture, which inel ude experience that stress loyalty
towards a particular organization. In addition, nonnative commitment develops based on a
psychological contract between the organization and the employee, based on both sides' belief
regarding their mutual obligation (Michael et. aI., 2009). Nonnative commitment can also
develop tollowing the organization's investment in the employee through training or tuition
funding (Meyer & Allen, 1991).
2.3 Job Satisfaction
Many different definitions are made for job satisfaction, whereas some definition focus on the
job itsclt: while others included all the job related factors . Some researchers have defined
satisfaction as positive feelings or aggressive responses; whereas others defined it as the gap
between expected gain and the actual gain (Tsai et. aI., 2007).
There are 13 elements used to measure the job satisfaction, which are salary and benetits, the
nature of work and pressure, career development, education and training, management styles
from immediate managers, safety and environmental protection, perfonnance evaluation system,
in-firms promotional channels, discipline management, overall working environment,
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