Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment for Private University Employees

Relatively few studies have examined job satisfaction and its intrinsic and extrinsic facets as well as their relationship to organizational and religious commitment for religious private universities. This quantitative research study measured levels of job satisfaction, organizational and religious commitment as well as 5 demographic variables for 835 employees of a private religious university. The study revealed that university employees were most satisfied with their relations with students and peers, and least satisfied with their salary and organizational policy. It was shown that overall job satisfaction and its intrinsic and extrinsic facets were influenced by demographic variables, such as age, educational level, and occupational area. Organizational commitment was related to age and educational level. Moderate correlations were found between organizational commitment and job satisfaction. A seven-predictor model explained 44.2% of the variance of organizational commitment with different models for the occupational subgroups. Religious commitment did not have a mediating effect on the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment.

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2006-2008 Ass. Professor of Educational Psychology at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI; 2001-2006 School Psychologist for Public Schools in Goshen, IN and Tacoma, WA; 2000-2001 Therapist at Madison Center/ Hospital South Bend, IN; 1998-2000 Research Assistant & Statistics at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI