Structural equation modeling of organizational health in the marine fisheries management section under the fisheries management bureau

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop structural equation modeling of organizational health in the Marine Fisheries Management Section under the Fisheries Management Bureau. The study was conducted with 330 subjects using confirmatory factor analysis. Four latent variables were measured from 22 observed variables. The exogenous latent variable was transformational leadership. The endogenous latent variables were: 1) organizational health 2) organizational climate, and 3) job characteristics. The results showed that the hypothetical causal model was consistent with the empirical data with χ2/df = 1.60, CFI = 0.99, GFI = 0.93, AGFI = 0.90, RMR = 0.04, and RMSEA = 0.04. The transformational leadership variables that had a direct effect were organizational health, job characteristics, and organizational climate, with standardized path coefficients of 0.72, 0.69, and 0.37, respectively. There was an indirect effect from organizational climate and organizational health, with their standardized path coefficients being 0.35 and 0.15, respectively. There was a total effect from organizational health, organizational climate, and job characteristics, with their standardized path coefficients being 0.87, 0.72, and 0.69, respectively. The job characteristics variable had an indirect effect on organizational climate, with a standardized path coefficient of 0.50. There was an indirect effect from organizational health, with a standardized path coefficient of 0.10. There was a total effect from organizational climate and job characteristics, with their standardized path coefficients being 0.50 and 0.10, respectively. Organizational climate had a direct effect on organizational health, with a standardized path coefficient of 0.21. The total effect from organizational health had a standardized path coefficient of 0.21. Organizational health, organizational climate, and job characteristics explained the variance of organizational health variables at 0.85, 0.67, and 0.54, respectively.