Organizational Commitment, Job Satisfaction, and Performance of Cooperatives

Abstract

Cooperatives represent a resilient, vibrant, and viable economic alternative for achieving social goals because they can ensure more sustainable social and economic benefits within communities. This study determined the level of employees' organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and the performance of cooperatives in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Peninsula Region. The study utilized a descriptive-correlational design. A total of 22 managers, 22 bookkeepers, and 76 employees served as respondents who were chosen through purposive and random sampling techniques, respectively. The organizational Commitment Questionnaire, Job Satisfaction Questionnaire, and Performance of Cooperatives Questionnaire were used to gather the data. Mean, Standard Deviation, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient, and Multiple Regression Coefficient Analysis were the statistical tools used in the study. Results showed that the employees had high organizational commitment and job satisfaction. In addition, the performance of cooperatives was very good. The level of the employees' organizational commitment in terms of affective commitment and level of job satisfaction in terms of work, physical working conditions, salary, and promotion were correlated with cooperatives' performance in compliance with government requirements and human resource management. In addition, the cooperatives showed good performance with employees who worked according to their assigned responsibilities. Keywords : economic alternative, government requirement, physical working conditions, promotion, salary