Mediating Role of Jobs Satisfaction among Organizational Commitment, Organizational Culture and Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB): Empirical Study on Private Higher Education in Central Java, Indonesia

Abstract

Several studies and articles have reported and discussed the job satisfaction and dissatisfaction of workers in organizations. However, very few empirically-supported explanations have been given to explain how job satisfaction mediates the relationship between Organizational Commitment, Organizational Culture and Organizational Citizenship Behavior in lecturers of Private Higher Education in Central Java, Indonesia. Probes into the explanations of determining how job satisfaction mediates the relationship between Organizational Commitment, Organizational Culture and Organizational Citizenship Behavior, the data were collected from the respondents who were the tenured faculty, both civil servant lecturers and private lecturers, and work at private universities in Central Java province. The data was collected using a questionnaire. Only 244 copies, out of the total 400 questionnaires distributed, got by the author and he got a response rate of 61%. After processing and modifying the data, only 226 respondents used as the main resources analyzed by using Structural Equation Model (SEM).Statistical analysis reveals that there exists significant relationship between Organizational Commitment, Organizational Culture and Organizational Citizenship Behavior; likewise, Job Satisfaction mediates the relationship between Organizational Commitment, Organizational Culture and Organizational Citizenship Behavior. Limitations and future implementations of this research are also discussed.