A study of organizational commitment among the executive employees in manufacturing sector in Kuching

• Main Author: Bong, Sin Joo
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2011
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12771/1/Bong%20Sin%20Joo%20ft.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12771/

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.