Title: Antecedents and Consequences of Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment in Kyrgyzstan
Abstract:This study attempts to fill a gap by investigating the theory of organizational commitment and job satisfaction in relation to various job and organizational variables as applied to Kyrgyz organizatio...This study attempts to fill a gap by investigating the theory of organizational commitment and job satisfaction in relation to various job and organizational variables as applied to Kyrgyz organizational setting. One of the purposes of this study is to examine whether the well studied relationship of antecedents of job satisfaction and organizational commitment are consistent in the case of Kyrgyzstanee employees. Using a sample of 174 workers from a two private and two public Kyrgyz Republic's organizations, it was found that US-based theories regarding antecedents, correlates, and consequences of organizational commitment are generally applicable to Kyrgyzstanee workers. The results indicate that role ambiguity, met expectations, workload found as strong predictors of commitment and distributive justice and procedural justice found as a strong predictors of satisfaction. It was found a positive correlation between distributive justice and organizational commitment, but only among private organization members. Both job satisfaction and organizational commitment were also strongly related to the employee's turnover intentions. One demographic characteristic, age was found to be a significant predictor for both work attitudes.Read More
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-11-01
Language: en
Type: article
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