scholarly journals Antecedents of Perceived Job Commitment among Employees of Local Government in Ilesha Metropolis

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-239
Author(s):  
Zaccheaus O. Olonade ◽  
Kolawole Sunday Ajibola ◽  
Oluwatobi O. Omotoye

Background: Employee commitment primarily focuses on strong bonds between the organization and its employees. It has massive positive effects on organizations. Investigating the combined influence of the assorted psychological factors like work-family conflict, job stress and self-concept on perceived job commitment among employees of Local Government authority is helpful. Objective: The study investigates the antecedents of perceived job commitment among employees of Local Government in Ilesha Metropolis. Methods: Antecedents of perceived job commitment in this study are work-family conflict, job stress, and self-concept. The study has adopted survey method within a descriptive research design. The objective of the study was to determine the influence of work-family conflict, job stress and self-concept on perceived job commitment. Primary data were used. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire that had five scales in likert scale including personal data. 238 respondents, randomly selected across the three local government areas in Ilesha Metropolis, were used for the study. Only 189 questionnaires were returned, out of which 124 were found to be useful for the study. Results: Three hypotheses were tested and they revealed that self-concept, work-family conflict and job stress jointly have a positive and significant impact on perceived job performance. Furthermore, work-family conflict (β = 0.173; t = 9.119; p<.05), job stress (β = 1.170; t = 7.458; p<.05), and self-concept (β = 0.064; t = 2.444; p<.05) independently predicted perceived job commitment to be at 5% level. Conclusions: The study has found that factors, like work-family conflict, job stress and self-concept, significantly predict the perceived job commitment among employees of local government in Ilesha Metropolis. The finding of the study implies that the antecedents of employee's job commitment are important variables. Governments, employers of labour, human resource practitioners and psychologists need to give more attention to these variables, especially among local government employees and related workforce, for the increase in employee commitment. The study recommends that governments should adopt welfare approaches in tackling issues around work-family conflict, job stress and self-concept to improve employee job commitment. Originality: This article is original and there is no potential conflict of interest.

2017 ◽  
pp. 560-575
Author(s):  
I. Efe Efeoğlu ◽  
Musa Sanal

The aim of this chapter is to investigate the effects of work-family conflict on the employees' attitudes towards their jobs and their behaviours in the workplace within the framework of job stress, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment concepts in the Turkish Pharmaceutical Industry. The data used in this study were obtained by the questionnaire survey method. One of the results of this study reveals that work-family conflict and work to family conflict have positive effects on job stress. However, family to work conflict has no effect on job stress. Secondly, work-family conflict and work to family conflict have positive effects on job satisfaction, while no evidence has been found regarding the effects of family to work conflict on job satisfaction. Thirdly, work-family conflict and work to family conflict have negative effects on organizational commitment while no evidence has been found regarding the effects of work to family conflict on organizational commitment.


Author(s):  
I. Efe Efeoğlu ◽  
Musa Sanal

The aim of this chapter is to investigate the effects of work-family conflict on the employees' attitudes towards their jobs and their behaviours in the workplace within the framework of job stress, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment concepts in the Turkish Pharmaceutical Industry. The data used in this study were obtained by the questionnaire survey method. One of the results of this study reveals that work-family conflict and work to family conflict have positive effects on job stress. However, family to work conflict has no effect on job stress. Secondly, work-family conflict and work to family conflict have positive effects on job satisfaction, while no evidence has been found regarding the effects of family to work conflict on job satisfaction. Thirdly, work-family conflict and work to family conflict have negative effects on organizational commitment while no evidence has been found regarding the effects of work to family conflict on organizational commitment.


2021 ◽  
pp. 104-114
Author(s):  
Shu-Ya CHANG ◽  
Chan-Fu CHUANG ◽  
Huan-Chang LIN ◽  
Hsiang-Chen HSU

Expatriates, during expatriation, would appear inadaptable feelings on work, life, and diet in different environment. Besides, expatriates, in medical technology industry, leaving home might neglect the family to result in imbalance between work and family. In this case, work-family conflict reveals the importance on expatriates. Expatriates in medical technology industry would appear psychosocial stress and conflict between work and life due to expatriation. Taking expatriates’ supervisors and expatriates in medical technology industry in southern Taiwan as the research object, total 360 copies of questionnaire are distributed, and the 278 valid copies are retrieved, with the retrieval rate 77%. The research results show that social support presents negative and significant effects on work-family conflict, work-family conflict reveals negative and remarkable effects on intention to stay, and social support appears positive effects on intention to stay. According to the results to propose suggestions, it is expected to provide healthy workplace in medical technology industry to improve expatriates’ work-family conflict and turnover.


Author(s):  
Maryam Shaygan ◽  
Maryam Yazdanpanah

Background: Taking into account the differences in job requirements and conditions, it is expected that workers in some occupations are more susceptible to pain than others. Objective: To examine the prevalence of chronic pain among workers of several petrochemical and petroleum refinery plants. We also examined the predictive role of psycho-familial variables (depression, work-family conflict and job stress) in causing chronic pain when controlling for demographic and occupational factors. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out among 674 workers. Those with chronic pain were identified by affirmative answers to screening questions based on the ICD-11 criteria. Results: There were 162 (24.0%; 95% CI 20.8% to 27.3%) workers meeting the ICD11 criteria for chronic pain. Headache was the most frequently reported pain (29.9%). We found a significantly (p=0.03) higher prevalence of pain among the middle age than in other age groups. Chronic pain more frequently affected divorced/widowed workers (p<0.001), and those with more work experience (p=0.04). Workers with chronic pain reported significantly higher levels of depression (p<0.001), job stress (p=0.007), and work-family conflict (p<0.001). After controlling for demographic and occupational factors, depression (p<0.001) and work-family conflict (p=0.003) were found to be independent predictors of chronic pain among studied workers. Conclusion: Workers who experience higher levels of depression, work-family conflict and job stress might be more prone to chronic pain. The majority of these factors are modifiable, and the problem may thus be solved by establishing appropriate screening programs, and availability of proper services and education.


Author(s):  
Ji An ◽  
Yun Liu ◽  
Yujie Sun ◽  
Chen Liu

A lack of research has been undertaken to explore work–family conflict and its impact on the shipping industry. The objective of the present study was to empirically examine the effects of work–family conflict, job stress, and job satisfaction on seafarer performance. Data were collected from merchant ship seafarers in the Yangshan Port, Shanghai, China (n = 337). A data analysis was performed using hierarchical regression analysis. The research results revealed that work–family conflict and job stress negatively affects seafarer self-reported performance, while job satisfaction positively influences seafarer job performance. Findings also show that job satisfaction plays a moderating role in the relationships between work–family conflict, job stress and seafarer performance. Our findings demonstrate that work–family conflict, job stress and job satisfaction manifested are significant predictors for seafarer performance. Important applications and implications are provided for managers and researchers.


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