This article examines the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment for public and private sector employees. It reviews literature showing private sector employees generally report higher extrinsic job satisfaction than public sector employees due to differences in rewards. However, intrinsic satisfaction can be high for both. Studies also show mixed results for differences in organizational commitment between sectors. The article hypothesizes that job satisfaction will be more strongly related to organizational commitment for public sector versus private sector employees, especially for affective and normative commitment. It analyzes survey data from 617 Greek employees to test this.
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The study monitors the effect on workplace humour style and
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output of staff in these organization were observed to reflect on their
subordinate work attitudes, job satisfaction and job involvement in
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dimensions as a function of workplace humour style in various
period at different conditions, linear trend were observed from the
predictive values, but there were variations despites the linear trend
displayed from these parameters through graphical representations.
These conditions implies that the input of subordinate work attitudes
determine the output of job satisfaction and staff efficiency
involvement, these dimensions determine the output of efficiency or
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generated the system that produced the predictive model, and
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favorable fits, the study expressed the rate which these
organizational behaviour determined the efficiency of staff thus
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imperative because the evaluation of these dimensions as a function
of workplace humour style has been monitored, these conceptual
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A Literature Review on Organizational Commitment – A Comprehensive SummaryIJERA Editor
The paper encapsulates the evolution of the concept of organizational commitment, and its constructs. It focuses and analyses the literature findings of organizational commitments over the last five decades. It categorizes the approaches into six broad eras, each era being an extension and modification over the preceding ones. This review paper brings to the fore the theories that have emerged in the body of knowledge regarding commitment in organizations in a chronological order, starting from the side bet theory to the more recent multiple commitment approach. The gaps in the theories proposed have been identified and reviewed critically. It is difficult to conceptualize and measure organizational commitment as it encompasses a vast and highly diverse body of knowledge. Due to this it becomes difficult to interpret and conclude from the existing bodies of literature. The paper also highlights the importance of recognizing the individual/employee‟s perspective towards organizational commitment.
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International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Business and Management. IJBMI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Business and Management, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online
the relationship between normative commitment (one form of organizational commitment) and loyal boosterism (one construct of organizational citizenship behaviours)
Mathematical modeling to monitor workplace humor style and subordinate worked...Triple A Research Journal
ABSTRACT
The study monitors the effect on workplace humour style and
subordinate work attitude in telecommunication companies. The
output of staff in these organization were observed to reflect on their
subordinate work attitudes, job satisfaction and job involvement in
these companies, the study experience the positivity from these
dimensions as a function of workplace humour style in various
period at different conditions, linear trend were observed from the
predictive values, but there were variations despites the linear trend
displayed from these parameters through graphical representations.
These conditions implies that the input of subordinate work attitudes
determine the output of job satisfaction and staff efficiency
involvement, these dimensions determine the output of efficiency or
growth rate of these companies productivity, these parameters
generated the system that produced the predictive model, and
subjecting these parameters to model validation developed a
favorable fits, the study expressed the rate which these
organizational behaviour determined the efficiency of staff thus
generate positive or negative productivity, the study is however
imperative because the evaluation of these dimensions as a function
of workplace humour style has been monitored, these conceptual
framework has express their various function of influence in
different dimensions.
Keywords: Mathematical modeling, humour style, subordinate
A Literature Review on Organizational Commitment – A Comprehensive SummaryIJERA Editor
The paper encapsulates the evolution of the concept of organizational commitment, and its constructs. It focuses and analyses the literature findings of organizational commitments over the last five decades. It categorizes the approaches into six broad eras, each era being an extension and modification over the preceding ones. This review paper brings to the fore the theories that have emerged in the body of knowledge regarding commitment in organizations in a chronological order, starting from the side bet theory to the more recent multiple commitment approach. The gaps in the theories proposed have been identified and reviewed critically. It is difficult to conceptualize and measure organizational commitment as it encompasses a vast and highly diverse body of knowledge. Due to this it becomes difficult to interpret and conclude from the existing bodies of literature. The paper also highlights the importance of recognizing the individual/employee‟s perspective towards organizational commitment.
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Business and Management. IJBMI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Business and Management, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Business and Management. IJBMI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Business and Management, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online
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Age diversity, age discrimination climateand performance con.docxgalerussel59292
Age diversity, age discrimination climate
and performance consequences—a cross
organizational study
FLORIAN KUNZE*, STEPHAN A. BOEHM AND HEIKE BRUCH
Institute for Leadership and Human Resource Management, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen,
Switzerland
Summary This paper deals with the emergence of perceived age discrimination climate on the company
level and its performance consequences. In this new approach to the field of diversity research,
we investigated (a) the effect of organizational-level age diversity on collective perceptions of
age discrimination climate that (b) in turn should influence the collective affective commit-
ment of employees, which is (c) an important trigger for overall company performance. In a
large-scale study that included 128 companies, a total of 8,651 employees provided data on
their perceptions of age discrimination and affective commitment on the company level.
Information on firm-level performance was collected from key informants. We tested the
proposed model using structural equation modeling (SEM) procedures and, overall, found
support for all hypothesized relationships. The findings demonstrated that age diversity seems
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impacts overall firm performance through the mediation of affective commitment. These
results make valuable contributions to the diversity and discrimination literature by establish-
ing perceived age discrimination on the company level as a decisive mediator in the age
diversity/performance link. The results also suggest important practical implications for the
effective management of an increasingly age diverse workforce. Copyright # 2010 John
Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Introduction
Vivid terms like the ‘‘demographic time bomb’’ (Tempest, Barnatt, & Coupland, 2002, p. 487) or the
impending ‘‘age quake’’ (Tempest et al., p. 489) describe one of the key challenges for most developed
countries today: Simultaneously shrinking and aging populations resulting from low birth rates and
increased longevity. These factors also impact a country’s workforce as a lack of skilled junior
employees, combined with the potential rise of the legal retirement age, forces companies to retain
older, more experienced personnel, (e.g., Dychtwald, Erickson, & Morison, 2004; Tempest et al.).
Already today, just over half of the United States’ 147 million-member workforce is 40 years old or
older and, until 2016, the number of workers age 25–54 will rise only slightly (2.4 per cent), while the
Journal of Organizational Behavior
J. Organiz. Behav. 32, 264–290 (2011)
Published online 14 December 2010 in Wiley Online Library
(wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI: 10.1002/job.698
* Correspondence to: Florian Kunze, Institute for Leadership and Human Resource Management, University of St. Gallen,
Dufourstrasse 40a, CH-9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland. E-mail: [email protected]
Copyright # 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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DORIS FAY
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ROLF VAN DICK
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ABSTRACT: Employees in the public and private sectors experience different working
conditions and employment relationships. Therefore, it can be assumed that their
attitudes toward their job and organizations, and relationships between them, are different. The existing literature has identified the relationship between organizational commitment and job satisfaction as interesting in this context. The present field study
examines the satisfaction–commitment link with respect to differences between private
and public sector employees. A sample of 617 Greek employees (257 from the private
sector and 360 from the public sector) completed standardized questionnaires. Results
confirmed the hypothesized relationship differences: Extrinsic satisfaction and intrinsic
satisfaction are more strongly related to affective commitment and normative commitment for public sector employees than for private sector ones. The results are discussed,
limitations are considered, and directions for future research are proposed.
INTRODUCTION
Organizational commitment is an important and widely researched concept in
both organizational behavior and human resources management. It has been
demonstrated to have substantial and meaningful relationships with a number of
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organizationally relevant outcomes, including trust, morale, turnover intentions, and
absenteeism (e.g., Brief 1998; for a recent meta-analysis, see Meyer et al. 2002).
Organizational commitment is defined as the strength of an individual’s identification with and involvement in a particular organization. It is characterized by
the belief in and acceptance of organizational goals and values, the willingness to
exert effort on behalf of the organization, and a desire to maintain membership
in the organization (Mowday, Steers, and Porter 1979; Mowday, Porter, and
Steers 1982). Over the last twenty years, many studies have established relationships both with other attitudes, with behavioral intentions (focal and discretionary), and with behavior, such as job performance and turnover. It has been
conceptualized variously as a unidimensional or a multidimensional attitudinal
variable (e.g., Allen and Meyer 1990; Buchanan 1974; Cook and Wall 1980;
Cooper-Hakim and Viswesvaran 2005; Mowday et al. 1982; Mowday et al. 1979;
Salancik 1977).
Recent theorizing and empirical research have recognized that the meaning of
organizational commitment differs depending on the organizational context and
environment in which it is assessed. For example, private sector employees have,
on average, organizational and job attitudes that are different from those of public
sector employees (Karl and Sutton 1998; Naff and Crum 1999; Kelman 2007). Thus,
organizational commitment is expected to be different in its nature and meaning in
different organizational settings as well as in different cultural environments
(Clugston, Howell, and Dorfman 2000; Kirkman and Shapiro 2001; Smith, Fischer,
and Sale 2001). This study seeks to enhance understanding in this area by exploring
the relationship between organizational commitment and job satisfaction, one of the
most powerful predictors of organizational commitment, in public and private sector
contexts.
According to Spector (1997, 2), job satisfaction refers to ‘‘how people feel about
their jobs and different aspects of their jobs. It is the extent to which people like
(satisfaction) or dislike (dissatisfaction) their jobs.’’ It is an attitudinal variable that
has been explored both as an overall evaluation of the job and as a cluster of
attitudes relating to different aspects of the job. We take the position that job satisfaction has two dimensions, namely extrinsic satisfaction (e.g., satisfaction with
pay, physical conditions, policies, and procedures) and intrinsic satisfaction (e.g.,
satisfaction with creativity, achievement and accomplishment; cf. Cooper-Hakim
and Viswesvaran 2005).
The importance of job satisfaction and its relationship with organizational commitment has been acknowledged for many years. Meyer et al.’s (2002) meta-analysis
and Brief’s (1998) work on attitudes provide substantial insight into this relationship.
We propose that reciprocal relationships exist between forms of organizational
commitment and elements of job satisfaction. A satisfied and happy employee tends
to be committed to the organization, returning back to the organization this positive
affect via commitment and the concomitant organizationally relevant outcomes
identified earlier (for a detailed analysis of reciprocity norms, see Bergman 2006;
Rhoades, Eisenberger, and Armeli 2001). This position is supported by studies by
Cramer (1996), Delobbe and Vandenberghe (2000), Meyer et al. (2002), Yilmaz
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(2002), and Yousef (2001; 2002) and was also demonstrated in quantitative and
qualitative reviews (e.g., Riketta and van Dick 2005; 2009).
The present study examines the effect of the organizational context, specifically public versus private sector employment, on the relationship between job satisfaction (seen
as a predictor variable) and organizational commitment (seen as a dependent variable).
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PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES
Research on the distinctive features of private and public sector organizations can
be found in organizational behavior and management studies, as well as in work and
organizational psychology research. These studies exemplify the differences between
the sectors’ organizational contexts which influence the attitudes and work behaviors
of managers and employees alike (Boyne 2002; Cho and Lee 2001; Goulet and Frank
2002). Alternatively, they raise or examine methodological and research questions
deriving from the similarities and differences observed between private and public
sector organizations (Rainey and Bozeman 2000). However, only a few studies have
looked into either job satisfaction or organizational commitment with respect to the
form and type of employment.
This section first reviews the literature on job satisfaction and organizational commitment in the private and public sectors. It continues with a brief review of research
on the Greek organizational and cultural context. Finally, we will focus on public
sector employees, looking at possible explanations for reported lower levels of job
satisfaction and organizational commitment compared to private sector employees.
Job Satisfaction
Solomon (1986), in the Israeli context, argues that the existence of and clear connections between performance-based rewards, on the one hand, and policies intending to promote efficiency, on the other, make private sector managers more satisfied
with their jobs than public sector managers, where such linkage is much less apparent.
Karl and Sutton (1998) support the view that private sector employees place more
value on high wages, while public sector employees place more value on interesting
work. Naff and Crum (1999) argue that private sector employees in the United States
have different values and respond to different incentives than public sector employees. The former experience more extrinsic satisfaction from jobs than the latter and
in turn are more committed to their organizations. Intrinsic rewards, meanwhile,
can make people feel intrinsically satisfied in jobs and committed to organizations
irrespective of where they work. In a recent study in Australia, Brunetto and
Farr-Wharton (2006) concluded that the impact on job satisfaction from the ambiguity felt with respect to customers, promotion, superiors, and situations which are
ethically critical was stronger for public sector employees than for private sector ones.
While these studies identify differences between private and public sector employees’ job attitudes, generalizability of the findings may be limited due to cultural
differences in the countries being studied. However, the consistency in the direction
of these differences, irrespective of national contexts, provides an adequate basis
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from which to expect general divergence in attitudes between private and public
sector employees.
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Organizational Commitment
With respect to organizational commitment, private sector employees in
Australia report significantly higher levels of commitment than public sector ones
(Rachid 1994; 1995). Rachid argues that the ‘‘bureaucratic culture,’’ which dominates the public sector, and the ‘‘culture gap’’ (Bourantas et al. 1990) between the
perceived and the desired organizational culture, are responsible for lower levels of
public sector organizational commitment. Fletcher and Williams (1996), for the
UK, conclude that organizational commitment is, by and large, greater for private
than for public sector employees. In general, the stereotype seems to hold that
public sector employees have lower levels of organizational commitment (Rainey
1997; Baldwin 1991; Savery 1991; Odom, Boxx, and Dunn 1990). However, as
Cho and Lee (2001) state, this assertion cannot be verified by cross-sector
analyses. They argue that both organizational culture and inherent societal values
determine differences in commitment between public and private sector managers
in South Korea, although these differences are not themselves sufficient to support
the argument that organizational commitment levels are different between private
and public sector.
Goulet and Frank (2002), in a study of employees from three different sectors
(public, non-profit, and for-profit), supported the view that the lowest levels of organizational commitment are exhibited in the public sector. They explain these findings
by claiming that extrinsic rewards (salary, fringe benefits, and so forth) are critical
factors in determining levels of commitment, especially in a robust economy. However, in contrast to this notion, Coyle-Shapiro and Kessler (2003) found that the
degree of civil servants’ organizational commitment is related to their implicit
psychological contract. That is, intrinsic rewards and the relational supportive
dimensions of their psychological contracts have the ability to work as sufficient
motivation for effective job performance, and to bring out desired employee
attitudes and behaviors.
Castaing (2006) conducted a study in the French civil service and found that
Public Service Motivation (PSM; Perry 1996) had a substantial effect on affective
commitment, implying that if the state hires individuals with high PSM, there will
be a positive effect on organizational commitment. PSM is defined as ‘‘the belief,
values, and attitudes that go beyond self-interest and organizational interest, that
concern the interest of the larger political entity, and that motivate individuals to
act accordingly whenever appropriate’’ (Vandenabeele 2007, 547). PSM is described
in terms of beliefs, values, and attitudes. It exceeds self- and organizational interest
and is characterized by a concern for the public interest which drives civil servants to
act accordingly (Perry and Hondeghem 2008). Camilleri (2006) found in the Maltese
civil service that PSM is reinforced and strengthened by primarily affective
commitment but also by normative commitment. Finally, Cerase and Farinella
(2006) produced similar results using a sample from the Italian Revenue Service,
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arguing for the significant impact of affective commitment on PSM, and to a lesser
extent of continuance commitment. In fact, the mere existence of PSM seems to
make employees in the public sector feel committed to their organization and satisfied with their job.
Boyne (2002) presents meta-analytic evidence from thirty-four empirical studies
on differences between public and private sector organizations. He points out that,
while three out of the five studies which compared organizational commitment
between the private and the public sector showed lower commitment in the public
sector, the remaining studies indicated no such difference. The lower levels of public
sector commitment were attributed to inflexible personnel procedures and the limited link between job performance and rewards.
These studies imply that normative commitment (the sense of obligation, duty,
and loyalty) is more relevant in the public than in the private sector, due to the nature and content of both the explicit employment contract and implicit psychological
contracts. Moreover, this difference could be related to the existence of PSM, since
the sense of obligation felt in normative commitment is closer to the perceptions of
PSM that involve a ‘‘calling’’ or a sense of duty (Steijn and Leisink 2006). Normative
commitment thus seems to be more prevalent among public sector employees compared to those working in the private sector.
The Public Sector Employee
On balance it thus seems that there are few clear differences in the levels of commitment between public and private sector employees. We do assume, however, that
the nature of public sector employment (at least in Greece) that we will describe
below suggests moderating effects of sector (private versus public) on the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment.
At times of economic prosperity and opportunities for personal and professional
development, the private sector offers more attractive employment than the public
sector. Under these conditions, private sector employees are more extrinsically satisfied than civil servants and more organizationally committed (Goulet and Frank
2002; Young, Worchel, and Woehr 1998; Caldwell, Chatman, and O’Reilly 1990).
Economic recession, high unemployment rates, and low levels of employment security, by contrast, produce opposite results; civil servants become more extrinsically
satisfied and more committed than private sector employees. Furthermore, intrinsic
rewards have the ability to make people feel intrinsically satisfied and in turn also
more committed. As Coyle-Shapiro and Kessler (2003) argue, provision of these
rewards could impact civil servants more than private sector employees and significantly influence their level of organizational commitment.
If someone feels satisfied (extrinsically and intrinsically) with his or her job, then
he or she becomes committed towards the organization. However, the question arises
whether this increased commitment is the same for all forms of organizational commitment. Furthermore, if someone holds a job that they do not expect to provide
satisfaction, but which is subsequently found to be extrinsically and intrinsically
satisfying, does the employee in response increase his or her organizational
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commitment? If we assume, following the research reported above, that public sector
employees tend to enter employment less motivated, then the experience of a satisfying organizational environment and job content would positively influence their
commitment. This could be more evident for those employees entering an organizational environment who are looking for job security, acceptable wages, and the satisfaction of basic human needs. This, according to Bourantas and Papalexandris
(1992), who examined differences between private and public sector employees in
Greece, is typical of public sector employees. Their research identified differences
in the dispositions of people attracted to each sector. Greek private sector employees
tend to have higher levels of activity, sense of competence, tolerance of ambiguity, a
stronger Protestant work ethic, and higher growth need than their public sector
counterparts. Private and public sector employment in Greece exemplify substantial
differences with respect to employment relationships, status, wages, fringe benefits,
and employee human resource management. Table 1 summarizes some of the most
TABLE 1
Differences in Private and Public Sectors the Greece
Private Sector
Loyalty
To the private sector employer
Employment contract
Individual-, company- or
sector-based
Employment status
Contracted employment (mainly
fixed term)
Full-time, part-time and flexi-time
Typically 40 hours per week, but
varies from sector to sector
Determined by each private sector
organization
Individual, enterprise or branch
collective agreements—
Minimum wages are not
guaranteed in all private sectors
Type of employment
Hours of work
Policies and
procedures
Wages determination
Fringe benefits
Not provided to everyone
Wage progression
Determined by each private sector
organization (according to
merits, achievements, company
needs)
Public Sector
To the government and the
state—The new entrant
gives an oath to the
Greek Constitution
Government-, regional
government-, local
government-based
Life-time and secured
employment
Full-time
37.5 hours per week
Determined by law and
applied to all employees
National collective
agreement—Minimum
wages are guaranteed
everywhere in the public
sector
Provided to everyone by
law and collective
agreements
Determined by seniority
and educational
background
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important and significant differences between private and public sector employees in
Greece (see also Markovits, Davis, and van Dick 2007).
The particular cultural values and societal practices of a country, coupled with the
political, economic, and social conditions, create different profiles for private and
public sector employees. In Greece, the cultural values of high uncertainty avoidance, collectivism, and power distance together with a relatively low performance
orientation (Markovits et al. 2007) might lead to high levels of commitment to a
workplace offering long-term security and stability such as employment in the federal
government or in municipalities. If a public sector employee perceives his or her job as
satisfying, whether extrinsically or intrinsically, then he or she is likely to respond positively with high commitment.
Such stability and security is not characteristic of the Greek private sector, where
employment is more volatile, and driven primarily by extrinsic rewards. Private
sector employees typically positively value their degree of job satisfaction; however,
they do not feel as strongly committed to their organization as public sector employees. While research largely supports the assertion that private and public sector
employees project different attitudes and behaviors towards their organizations
and jobs, none of the studies focused on relationships between job satisfaction
and organizational commitment with respect to differences between sectors. The next
section will outline how this paper seeks to fill that gap.
HYPOTHESES
Following the literature review above, we develop a framework in which relationships between two forms of organizational commitment (affective and normative) on
the one hand, and the two facets of job satisfaction (extrinsic and intrinsic) on the
other, interact with the type of employment in the private versus the public sector
(see Figure 1). We have excluded from the analysis continuance commitment, since
this form of commitment is arguably not pertinent to public sector employment in
Greece, since the more affective and cognitive forms of commitment prevail. In
short, we assume that the type of employing sector moderates the relationship
between satisfaction and commitment. Thus, our hypotheses state:
H1: The relationship between job satisfaction and affective commitment will be
stronger for public sector than for private sector employees.
Figure 1. Heuristic Framework for the Analyses
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H2: The relationship between job satisfaction and normative commitment will be
stronger for public sector than for private sector employees.
METHODS
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Sample
The sample consists of 617 employees, 257 from private sector firms in northern
central Greece and 360 from public sector organizations in northern Greece. The
private sector firms were medium-sized industrial or commercial enterprises, whereas
the public sector employees were working in regional and local government authorities. The overall response rate was 63%. The sample was approached either at work
or within the premises of the Regional Public Sector Training Centre of Thessaloniki.
Exactly half of respondents were male, with a mean age of 36 years. The sample as a
whole is quite highly educated, with 52.1% having achieved graduate levels of education or higher. Of the remainder, 23.3% had completed secondary school, and the
remaining 24.6% attended a technological educational institute. The majority of the
sample (62.6%) was married, while 31.2% were single, 5.3% divorced and .8%
widowed.
Measures
To test our hypotheses we used standardized questionnaires. To assess job satisfaction, an adaptation of the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ; Weiss
et al. 1967), coupled with items taken from Warr, Cook, and Wall (1979), was used,
and measured on 7-point Likert scale (endpoints, 1 ¼ I am very dissatisfied; 7 ¼ I am
very satisfied). The scale is divided into two subscales representing extrinsic satisfaction (e.g., satisfaction with pay, physical conditions, security and safety, policies and
procedures) and intrinsic satisfaction (e.g., creativity, development, achievement,
accomplishment), respectively.
Organizational commitment was measured using the two six-item scales by Meyer,
Allen, and Smith (1993) for affective commitment (ACS; sample item, ‘‘I would be
very happy spending the rest of my career in this organization’’), and normative
commitment (NCS; sample item, ‘‘I was taught to believe in the value of remaining
loyal to one organization’’). Again, items were measured on a 7-point Likert scale
(endpoints, 1 ¼ completely disagree; 7 ¼ completely agree).
Affectivity is significantly correlated with both job satisfaction (Connolly and
Viswesvaran 2000), and organizational commitment, particularly affective commitment (Herrbach 2006). Therefore, we used the Positive and Negative Affectivity
Scale (PANAS; Watson, Clark, and Tellegen 1988) to control for affectivity-based
effects. This scale measures general positive and negative affect, a personality characteristic comprising general feelings of positive or negative mood. As with the other
scales, this variable was measured on a 7-point Likert scale (endpoints, 1 ¼ Never;
7 ¼ Always). A range of demographic variables (gender, age, educational, and
marital status) were also included as additional control variables in addition to
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affectivity, as these have been suggested to be antecedents of both organizational
commitment (Meyer et al. 2002) and job satisfaction (Brierley 1999).
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RESULTS
Table 2 presents descriptive statistics, reliability coefficients for scales and subscales (Cronbach’s a), and intercorrelations of all constructs. As anticipated, positive
and negative affect are significantly correlated with both extrinsic satisfaction and
intrinsic satisfaction. Positive affect is also significantly positively correlated with
both affective and normative commitment. The other control variables demonstrate
either weak or no associations with commitment, satisfaction, and affectivity.
Hierarchical regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses. Dependent variables were the forms of organizational commitment (affective or normative). Control
variables (z-standardized) affect, gender, age, education, and marital status were
included along with the predictor variables of satisfaction dimension and sector at
step 1. The interaction between sector and satisfaction was captured at step 2 by
entering the product of the respective satisfaction dimension and sector.
Tables 3 and 4 show the results for affective commitment and extrinsic and
intrinsic satisfaction, respectively. In both analyses, the interaction term was
significant (b ¼ .27, p < .01 for extrinsic satisfaction; and b ¼ .31, p < .01 for intrinsic
satisfaction).
TABLE 2
Descriptive Statistics (Means, Standard Deviations, Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficients) and
Inter-Correlations Among the Two Facets of Job Satisfaction and the Three
Organizational Commitment Forms
Variables
1. Extrinsic
satisfaction
2. Intrinsic
satisfaction
3. Affective
commitment
4. Normative
commitment
5. Positive
affect
6. Negative
affect
7. Gender
8. Age
9. Education
10. Marital
status
Mean S.D. a
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
4.64 1.01 .84
4.78 1.08 .88
.68ÃÃ
4.69 1.28 .84
.50ÃÃ
.56ÃÃ
4.28 1.26 .65
.44ÃÃ
.45ÃÃ
.70ÃÃ
5.09 0.78 .82
.11ÃÃ
.14ÃÃ
.16ÃÃ
2.81 0.72 .81 À.12ÃÃ À.11ÃÃ À.08
1.50
2.00
2.37
1.76
0.50
0.89
0.93
0.58
.16ÃÃ
À.01
À.30ÃÃ
À.12ÃÃ À.04 À.13ÃÃ À.07 À.04
.05
À.01
.10Ã
.20ÃÃ .14ÃÃ .04 À.04
.21ÃÃ
.00
.04
.01 À.07
.12ÃÃ À.09Ã À.02 .20ÃÃ
À.01
.08
.17ÃÃ .10Ã
.02 À.02
.02 .56ÃÃ .12ÃÃ
Note. N ¼ 617; gender: 1 ¼ male, 2 ¼ female; S.D. ¼ standard deviation; a ¼ alpha coefficient.
Ã
p < .05 (two-tailed); ÃÃ p < .01 (two-tailed).
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TABLE 3
Hierarchical Regression Analysis for Affective Commitment and Extrinsic Satisfaction
Affective Commitment
Step 1
Step 2
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B
Extrinsic satisfaction
Sector
Positive affectivity
Negative affectivity
Gender
Age
Educational background
Marital status
Sector * Extrinsic satisfaction
R2
Adjusted R2
SE B
B
SE B
.62ÃÃ
À.08
.14ÃÃ
.02
À.05
.16ÃÃ
À.06
.14Ã
.04
.11
.05
.05
.05
.06
.05
.05
0.50ÃÃ
À1.31ÃÃ
0.16ÃÃ
À0.01
À0.06
0.16ÃÃ
À0.06
0.14ÃÃ
0.27ÃÃ
0.32
0.31
.06
.42
.05
.05
.05
.06
.05
.05
.09
.31
.30
Note. N ¼ 617; Sector ¼ Private=Public sector.
Ã
p < .05; ÃÃ p < .01.
Following Aiken and West (1991) and Dawson and Richter (2006), the simple
slopes for private and public sector employees were tested to illustrate the nature
of interactions for affective commitment. In line with H1, affective commitment
TABLE 4
Hierarchical Regression Analysis for Affective Commitment and Intrinsic Satisfaction
Affective Commitment
Step 1
Step 2
B
Intrinsic satisfaction
Sector
Positive affectivity
Negative affectivity
Gender
Age
Educational background
Marital status
Sector * Intrinsic satisfaction
R2
Adjusted R2
SE B
B
SE B
.63ÃÃ
À.16
.11Ã
.01
À.12ÃÃ
.07
À.09
.12Ã
.04
.11
.05
.05
.05
.06
.05
.05
0.50ÃÃ
À1.65ÃÃ
0.13ÃÃ
0.00
À0.12ÃÃ
0.08
À0.09
0.12Ã
0.31ÃÃ
0.37
0.36
.05
.40
.05
.04
.04
.06
.05
.05
.08
.35
.34
Note. N ¼ 617; Sector ¼ Private=Public sector.
Ã
p < .05; ÃÃ p < .01.
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Figure 2. Regression Lines for Extrinsic Satisfaction and Affective Commitment
was strongly and positively related to extrinsic satisfaction for public sector respondents (b ¼ .63, p < .001), while this relationship was weaker for private sector
employees (b ¼ .36, p < .001; see Figure 2). The same applies for the relationship
between affective commitment and intrinsic satisfaction: a strong positive relationship was found for public sector respondents (b ¼ .66, p < .001), and a much weaker
relationship for private sector employees (b ¼ .35, p < .001; see Figure 3).
Figure 3. Regression Lines for Intrinsic Satisfaction and Affective Commitment
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TABLE 5
Hierarchical Regression Analysis for Normative Commitment and Extrinsic Satisfaction
Normative Commitment
Step 1
Step 2
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B
Extrinsic satisfaction
Sector
Positive affectivity
Negative affectivity
Gender
Age
Educational background
Marital status
Sector * Extrinsic satisfaction
R2
Adjusted R2
SE B
B
SE B
.54ÃÃ
.13
.18ÃÃ
.09Ã
.03
.21ÃÃ
À.18Ã
.04
.05
.12
.05
.05
.05
.06
.05
.06
0.37ÃÃ
À1.52ÃÃ
0.20ÃÃ
0.09
0.02
0.21ÃÃ
À0.10Ã
0.04
0.36ÃÃ
0.26
0.25
.06
.43
.05
.05
.05
.06
.05
.06
.09
.24
.23
Note. N ¼ 617; Sector ¼ Private=Public sector.
Ã
p < .05; ÃÃ p < .01.
To test H2, the above analyses were replicated for normative commitment as
dependent variable. The analyses summarized in Tables 5 and 6 again indicated significant interactions between sector and both satisfaction facets (b ¼ .36, p < .01 for
extrinsic satisfaction by sector; and b ¼ .42, p < .01 for intrinsic satisfaction by sector).
TABLE 6
Regression Analysis for Normative Commitment and Intrinsic Satisfaction
Normative Commitment
Step 1
Step 2
B
Intrinsic satisfaction
Sector
Positive affectivity
Negative affectivity
Gender
Age
Educational background
Marital status
Sector * Intrinsic satisfaction
R2
Adjusted R2
SE B
B
SE B
.49ÃÃ
.08
.16ÃÃ
.08
À.03
.14Ã
À.13Ã
.02
.04
.12
.05
.05
.05
.06
.05
.06
0.32ÃÃ
À1.94ÃÃ
0.18ÃÃ
0.08
À0.03
0.15Ã
À0.13Ã
0.03
0.42ÃÃ
0.27
0.26
.05
.42
.05
.05
.05
.06
.05
.06
.08
.23
.22
Note. N ¼ 617; Sector ¼ Private=Public sector.
Ã
p < .05; ÃÃ p < .01.
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The simple slopes analysis shows that the nature of interactions for normative
commitment supports H2. Normative commitment was strongly and positively
related to extrinsic satisfaction for public sector respondents (b ¼ .54, p < .001), while
the relationship was weaker for private sector respondents (b ¼ .19, p < .001; see
Figure 4). The same applies for the relationship between normative commitment
and intrinsic satisfaction: it was strongly and positively related for public sector
respondents (b ¼ .53, p < .001), while a weaker, though still significant, relationship
was observed for private sector employees (b ¼ .11, p < .001; see Figure 5).
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DISCUSSION AND LIMITATIONS
The results presented above lead to the following conclusions and implications for
human resource managers, policymakers, and practitioners. Public sector and
private sector employees work under different organizational and employment
contexts, and these differences influence their job attitudes. In particular the nature
of rewards appears important. When extrinsic and intrinsic satisfactions increase,
public sector employees tend to develop stronger affective and normative commitment toward their organizations than do private sector employees.
Public sector employees enter into organizational environments that are not necessarily expected to promote creativity and change, but which operate as typical bureaucracies and tend to value standardized procedures and formality. Thus, when public sector
employees experience satisfaction from their jobs and the internal environment, and this
applies to both extrinsic and intrinsic satisfaction, then their stereotypical image of a
public sector organization collapses. In return, they become more positively disposed
Figure 4. Regression Lines for Extrinsic Satisfaction and Normative Commitment
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Figure 5. Regression Lines for Intrinsic Satisfaction and Normative Commitment
to the organization and feel committed, involved, and loyal towards it. As such, by creating a healthy workplace, a supportive environment, and by providing extrinsic and
intrinsic rewards, the public sector employee will return these to the employer through
enhanced commitment—and ultimately the associated organizational consequences of
that commitment. This finding is in line with Taylor’s (2008) research in the context of
intrinsic motivation, which supported the existence of a direct and significant association between PSM, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment. Taylor summarized his findings as ‘‘[r]espondents who brought high levels of PSM to their organization
were likely to become more satisfied with their jobs and committed to their organizations’’ (81). Furthermore, Steijn (2008) found that in the Dutch public sector, PSM
was associated with higher job satisfaction and a stronger inclination to stay.
On the other hand, private sector employees are more rational in their employment choices, beliefs, and attitudes. They know what they should expect from
management and what is offered in return for their work. Thus, if they experience
a satisfying job and are happy in the workplace, they will also increase their commitment to the organization, but less strongly than the public sector employees, because
their satisfaction more easily aligns with their prior expectations. The relationship
between job satisfaction and organizational commitment for private sector employees
is thus less influenced by on-the-job experiences.
The conclusions drawn from this study can provide important insights for public
sector managers and policymakers, since they show why and how employees could
feel more affectively and normatively committed towards their organizations. These
are issues where public employers could easily intervene, such as creation of an
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attractive workplace environment, supportive and collaborative relations, and greater
emphasis on intrinsic rewards.
There are several limitations of this study. One limitation results from the study’s
cross-sectional design, raising the question of causality. This issue is important here
given that the existing literature suggests both that commitment causes satisfaction
as well as satisfaction causing commitment. Second, our results are generated in
self-reported questionnaires where both dependent and predictor variables come
from the same respondent, creating the potential for common-method variance
(Spector 2006).
Longitudinal studies, and studies incorporating behavioral data from third-party
informants for either the dependent or predictor variables (or both), are strongly
recommended in the literature. Unfortunately, a longitudinal study was not feasible
here for administrative reasons. Also, because all our variables involve individual
employee attitudes, gathering information from third parties is less appropriate
(compared with, for instance, information about job performance, which could be
gathered from supervisors).
In the introductory section, we have presented research that points to the possibility of commitment influencing satisfaction rather than satisfaction predicting
commitment as in the analyses we have presented here. In our view, however, the
two concepts will most likely mutually influence each other, and thus satisfaction
can be seen as a starting point for modifying commitment as well as increasing
commitment could be seen as a starting point for increasing satisfaction. Again,
longitudinal analyses are needed to unearth the interactional or transactional
relationship between the two concepts. To deal with endogeneity issues, two-stage
least squares analysis would be recommended for future research (see Greene 2008).
Although these limitations should be taken seriously, the fact that a crosssectional design based on self-report might create common-method bias poses less
of a problem here, since common-method bias cannot account for interactions
among variables and typically tends to result in an underestimation of statistical
interactions (McClelland and Judd 1993).
Another limitation might be the Greek translation of items, initially constructed in
English for an English-speaking audience. Problems of interpretation may arise, and
to counter this some statements were further explained when written in Greek. This
research decided to take a direct translation and back-translation approach,
assuming the items and concepts to be ‘‘etic’’ (suggesting the concepts are universally
applicable). Other researchers prefer more ‘‘emic’’ approaches and seek to develop
measure that are culture-specific (Vandenberghe 2003), which would be informative
but renders comparisons of studies across different cultural contexts more difficult.
A final limitation of our study is that participant selection was based on convenience samples, and thus the organizational environments and contexts where
the employees were working were not matched. However, the inclusion of a selection
of relevant control variables, both demographic and attitudinal, seeks to limit
the extent to which individual experience might confound the outcomes. Some
additional control measures are desirable in future research, for instance pay level
or organizational size.
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This study intended to examine the moderating role of sector in accounting for the
relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment in the Greek
cultural and organizational contexts. It identified significant impacts of sector on
the relationship between affective and normative commitment, and the extrinsic
and intrinsic dimensions of job satisfaction. Further research is needed to examine
the external validity of these results and relate them to specific organizational outcomes, such as job performance results and employment practices. Cross-cultural
comparisons would be particularly welcome, especially within the European Union,
where very different cultural contexts come together under the umbrella of free
markets at an ever-increasing pace.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We are very thankful for the reviewers’ comments and the editor’s detailed suggestions that have helped improve the quality of the present paper greatly.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Yannis Markovits is a senior officer to the Greek Ministry of Finance and certified
trainer of the Greek civil servants on Human Resources and organizational behavior, and works as national expert certified by the European Union on finance issues.
He earned his PhD at Aston Business School, Birmingham (UK), and his research
interests are on organizational commitment and job satisfaction in both private
and public sector organizations. He has published books on motivation and organizational behavior issues and papers in academic journals including the Journal of
Vocational Behavior and International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management.
Ann J. Davis is Senior Lecturer in the Work and Organizational Psychology Group
at Aston University in Birmingham (UK). She was awarded her doctorate from
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Nottingham University for a study into the impact of job values on expressed
attitudes to organizational change. Her research interests include the manifestation
of commitment and engagement in organizations, and organizational culture and
climate as developed through and influenced by HR practice.
Doris Fay is full Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at University of
Potsdam, Germany. She was awarded her PhD in Psychology from the University of
Amsterdam, after which she lectured at the University of Giessen, Germany, and
Aston University, UK. Her research interests revolve around questions of proactivity at work; individual, team and organizational innovation; work and health; and
HRM. She has published in various academic journals, among them Journal of
Applied Psychology, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Applied Psychology:
An International Review, and Human Performance. She currently serves as Associate
Editor for the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology.
Rolf van Dick (van.dick@psych.uni-frankfurt.de) is Professor of Social Psychology
at the Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany). He earned his PhD at Marburg
University (Germany) and has been Professor of Social Psychology and Organizational Behavior at Aston University (UK). His research interests center on the application of social identity theory in organizational settings. Rolf van Dick was editor
of the British Journal of Management and currently is editor of the Journal of
Personnel Psychology. He has published more than 40 books and book chapters
and 70 papers in academic journals including the Academy of Management Journal,
Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Marketing, and the Journal of Personality
and Social Psychology.