Job Characteristics and Employee Commitment of Manufacturing Companies in Rivers State
Keywords:
Job Characteristics, Skill Variety, Task Significance, Employee Commitment, Affective Commitment, Continuance Commitment
Abstract
This study investigated the relationship between job characteristics and employee commitment of manufacturing companies in Rivers State. It was hypothesized that job characteristics(skill variety and task significance) does not have significant relationship with employee commitment (affective- and continuance commitment). Data was collected through cross-sectional survey from 75employeesandanalysed to generate descriptive outputs, with the aid of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25. Moreover, four hypotheses were tested using the Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation Coefficient. Results suggested that job characteristics (skill variety and task significance) are strongly amplify employee commitment (affective- and continuance commitment). It was recommended that manufacturing companies should ensure their employees have a number of complex skills in order to apply the skills as the jobs are multi tasked. Manufacturing companies should ensure every employee finishes his/her job at hand before attending to another since their jobs are an integral part of the organisation and always aim at getting the attention of co-workers.
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Akintayo, D. I. (2010). Work-family conflict and organisation commitment amongst industrial workers in Nigeria. Journal of Psychology and Counselling, 2(1), 93-104.
Allen, N. J., & Meyer, J.P. (1990). The measurement and antecedents of affective, continuance and normative commitment to the organisation. Journal of Occupational Psychology, 63(1), 1-18.
Allen, N. J., & Meyer, J. P. (1996). Affective, continuance, and normative commitment to the organization: An examination of construct validity. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 49(3), 252-276.
Andrew, A. (2017). Employees’ commitment and its impact on organizational performance. Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting, 5(2), 1-13.
Anwar, G., & Abdullah, N. N. (2021). The impact of human resource management practice on organizational performance.International journal of Engineering, Business and Management (IJEBM), 5(1), 35-47.
Aziz, H. M. et al. (2021). Employee commitment: The relationship between employee commitment and job satisfaction. Journal of Humanities and Education Development (JHED), 3(3), 54-56.
Bansal, H.S.; Mendelson, M.B., & Sharma, B. (2001). The impact of internal marketing activities on external marketing outcomes. Journal of Quality Management. DOI: 10.1016/S1084-8568(01)00029-3
Beck, K.,& Wilson, C. (2000). Development of affective organizational commitment: A cross-sequential examination of change with tenure. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 56,114-136.
Becker, H. S. (1960). Notes on the concept of commitment. American Journal of Sociology, 6(5), 32-42.
Blau, P.M. (1964). Exchange and power in social life. John Wiley.
Cropanzano, R., & Mitchell, M. S. (2005). Social exchange theory: an interdisciplinary review. Journal of Management, 31(6), 874-900.
Eisenberger, R., Huntington, R., Hutchison, S.,& Sowa, D. (1986). Perceived organisational support. Journal of Applied Psychology, 71(3), 975-991.
Gouldner, A. W. (1960). The norm of reciprocity: A preliminary statement. American Sociological Review, 25(2), 161-178.
Greenberger, D.B.,& Strasser, S. (1986). Development and application of a model of personal control in organizations. Academy of Management Review, 11, 164-177.
Hackman, J.R.,& Oldham, G.R. (1974). The job diagnostic survey: An instrument for the diagnosis of jobs and the evaluation of job redesign projects (Technical Report No. 4). New Haven, CT: Yale University. (U.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical Information Service Document No. AD-779 828).
Hackman, J.R.,& Oldham, G.R. (1975). Development of the job diagnostic survey. Journal of Applied Psychology, 60, 159-170.
Hackman, J. R.,& Oldham, G. R. 1976. Motivation through the design of work: test of a theory. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 16, 250-279.
Herold, D. M., Fedor, D. B., Caldwell, S., & Liu, Y. (2008). The effects of transformational and change leadership on employees commitment to a change: a multilevel study. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93(2), 346-357.
Khalil, A. H. (2017). Effects of job characteristics on employee satisfaction in the public radio stations in Syria. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 7(9), 294-304.
Kohli, A. K.,& Jaworski, B. J. (1990). Market orientation: the construct, research propositions and managerial implications. The Journal of Marketing, 54(2), 1-18.
Konya, V., Matic, D.,& Pavlovic, J. (2016). The influence of demographics, job characteristics and characteristics of organisations on employee commitment. Acta PolytechnicaHungarica, 13(3), 119-138.
Meyer, J.P.,& Allen, N.J. (1991). A three component conceptualization of organizational commitment. Human Resource Management Review, 1, 61-89.
Meyer, J. P.,& Allen, N. J. (1997).Commitment in the workplace: Theory, research, and application. Sage.
Obi-Nwosu, H., Joe-Akuune, C. O., &Oguegbe, T. M.(2013). Job characteristics as predictors oforganisation commitment among private workers in Anambra State. InternationalJournal of Asian Social Science, 3(2), 482-491.
Ongori, H. (2007). A review of the literature on employee turnover. African Journal of Business Management,49-54.
Organ, D.W., &Konovsky, M. (1990). Cognitive versus affective determinants of organisational citizenship behavior. Journal of Applied Psychology, 74(1), 157-164.
Othman, M., & Abdullah, N. N. (2016). The conceptual assessment of malaysian entrepreneurship environment and EO economic contribution. Journal of Resources Development and Management, 20, 15-20.
Pepple, D. G., Akinsowon, P., &Oyelere, M. (2021). Employee commitment and turnover intention: perspectives from the Nigerian public sector. Public Organisation Review, 20(1), 113-128.
Reichers, A. (1985). A review and reconceptualization of organisational commitment. The Academy of Management Review¸ 10(3), 465-476.
Robbins, S. P., & Judge, T. A. (2017). Organisationalbehaviour (17th Edition). Pearson Education.
Silvia, P. J., Beaty, R. E., Nusbaum, E. C., Eddington, K. M., Levin-Aspenson, H., & Kwapil Silvia, T. R. (2014). Everyday creativity in daily life: An experience-sampling study of “little c” creativity. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 8(2), 183–188.
Sommers, M. J. (1995). Organisational commitment, turnover and absenteeism: an examination of direct and interaction effects. Journal of OrganisationalBehaviour, 16(1), 49-58.
Steers, R. M., & Spencer, D. G. (1997). The role of achievement motivation in job design. Journal of Applied Psychology, 62(4), 472-479.
Tamelero, D. B., Caldwell, S. & Herold, D. M. (2012). The effects of organisational changes on employee commitment: a multilevel investigation. Personnel Psychology, 59(1), 1-19.
Udu, A. A.,&Ameh A. A. (2016). Effects of employee commitment on organisational performance in the banking industry: evidence from first bank zonal office. Journal of Business Administration, 6(1), 1-7.
Wambui, N. E(2018). Job characteristics and performance of employees among private equity firms in Nairobi City County, Kenya.A Thesis Submitted to the School of Business in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement for the Award of Degree of Master of Science in Human Resource Management of Kenyatta University.
Wayne, S. J., Shore, L. M.,& Liden, R. C. (1997). Perceived organisational support and leader-member exchange: a social exchange perspective. Academy of Management Journal, 40(1), 82-111.
Yousef, D. A. (2000). Organisational commitment and job satisfaction as predictors of attitudes towards organisational change in a non-western setting. Personnel Review, 29(3), 67-592.
Published
2023-02-28
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Macaulay Enyindah, W., & Sunny Joshua, P. (2023). Job Characteristics and Employee Commitment of Manufacturing Companies in Rivers State. GPH-International Journal of Business Management, 6(02), 37-48. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7871554
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