The Impact of Organizational Commitment on Job Satisfaction among Employees in Nigeria.

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of organizational commitment on job satisfaction among the employees in the food manufacturing industry in Nigeria. This study examines the effect of the three factors of affective organizational commitment, continuance, and normative commitment on job satisfaction. It further discusses the relationship of affective, continuance and normative commitment towards job satisfaction. A sample of 220 respondents from the food industries in Nigeria was examined using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences. This study used descriptive statistics and multiple regressions to analyze the effects among variables. The researcher discovered that there is a significant positive relationship between affective commitment, continuance commitment and normative commitment and job satisfaction. This research contributes to the literature of job satisfaction and organizational commitment, comprehensively in the dimension of commitment which are affective commitment, continuance commitment and normative commitment of the respondent in the food manufacturing industry. Therefore, the research is valuable for the education sector, educators, food industry management and future researchers.