Work Stress, Pay Satisfaction, Psychological Empowerment and Organisational Commitment Among Academic Staff

Amer Darus,Farah Lina Azizan,Fais Ahmad

doi:10.32890/ijms.23.1.2016.10466

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https://doi.org/10.32890/ijms.23.1.2016.10466

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Abstract

This study investigated the mediating effect of psychological empowerment on the relationship between work stress, pay satisfaction, and organisational commitment among academic staff in public universities. A total number of 297 academics responded to this study and Statistical Package Software for Social Science (SPSS) Version 21.0 was used to analyse the collected data. The results indicated that work stress is associated with organisational commitment, whereas pay satisfaction, psychological empowerment, and organisational commitment have significant relationships with each other. Furthermore, multiple regression analysis revealed that psychological empowerment partially mediated on the relationship between pay satisfaction and organisational commitment. It is recommended that future research could further extend by including non-academic staff as well. Keywords: Organisational Commitment, Work Stress, Pay Satisfaction, Psychological Empowerment

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Nowadays, organisations are facing challenges and opportunities due to the constantly changing world of business
There is very little research done to identify factors that impact organisational commitment among academics (Chang & Choi, 2007; Chen et al, 2007; Freund, 2005; Obeng & Ugboro, 2003).this study investigated work stress, psychological empowerment and pay satisfaction as factors affecting commitment among academician toward public universities in Malaysia
Kaiser-Meyer Olkin (KMO) measure of sampling adequacy suggested that the sample was factorable (KMO = .72)

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Organisations are facing challenges and opportunities due to the constantly changing world of business. Malaysia needs a work force that possesses high commitment, productivity, progressiveness, competitiveness, and efficient in its mission to achieve the Vision 2020 targets (Ismail, 2012). This is a serious issue that organisations must take note because organisational efficiency depends on employee’s productivity and commitment. There is very little research done to identify factors that impact organisational commitment among academics (Chang & Choi, 2007; Chen et al, 2007; Freund, 2005; Obeng & Ugboro, 2003).this study investigated work stress, psychological empowerment and pay satisfaction as factors affecting commitment among academician toward public universities in Malaysia

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