Mediating effect of job satisfaction on relationship between leadership style, job involvement, perceived organizational support and lecturers’ organizational commitment in Nigeria
The level of organizational commitment among academic staff in Nigerian tertiary institutions has been generating serious concerns among education stakeholders. This is due to the important roles which academic staff plays in the overall quality and standard of the nation’s education. This study...
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2019
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/90585/1/FPP%202019%2047%20IR.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/90585/ |
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| Summary: | The level of organizational commitment among academic staff in Nigerian tertiary
institutions has been generating serious concerns among education stakeholders. This
is due to the important roles which academic staff plays in the overall quality and
standard of the nation’s education. This study therefore investigated the mediating
effect of job satisfaction on the relationship between leadership styles, job
involvement, perceived organizational support and lecturer’s organizational
commitment in Nigeria tertiary institutions.
In this regard social exchange theory was used to examine the relationship and the
mediating effect. In order to meet the objectives of the study a cross- sectional, correlational
survey design was used and while Cochran (1977) formulae for sample size
determination was used to calculate for the sample size. Standard self-administered
questionnaire were used to gather data among 404 lecturers selected from the tertiary
institutions in Lagos state, Nigeria. Descriptive analysis and Structural Equation
Modelling (SEM) was conducted for data analysis. Prior to full utilization of the
model, the researcher ensure the model meet the acceptance goodness-of-Fit indices:
2 (720) = 1268.064, p=0.00, 2 /DF=1.761, GFI=0.867; TLI=0.957, CFI=0.960;
IFI=0.960, and RMSEA= 0.043.
The findings of the study revealed that most of the respondent reported moderate in
their response on the constructs: Organizational commitment, with (Mean=3.17,
SD=0.86), leadership styles with (Mean=3.55, SD=0.84). Perceived organizational
support is moderate (M=3.32, SD=0.81). These results mean that tertiary institutions
lecturers have rated moderate in explaining their organizational commitment, leadership styles and perceived organizational support of their institutions. Also
Overall score for job involvement and job satisfaction are moderate at (M=3.56
SD=0.90) and (M=3.42, SD=0.76). Respectively, the results of the Structural Equation
Model analysis indicated that there is positive significant relationship between the
leadership styles, job involvement, perceived organizational support and
organizational commitment. Finally, the results revealed that job satisfaction mediate
between leadership styles, perceived organizational support, job involvement and
organizational commitment.
In conclusion, it is recommended that practitioner, government and society should take
great focus on job satisfaction, job involvement, perceived organizational support as
well as leadership styles in order to improve academic staff organizational
commitment. At the same time, reduce the turnover rate among lecturers of tertiary
institutions in Lagos state, Nigeria. There is need to place more emphasis on lecturers
development in the tertiary institutions. Therefore, this study suggested for more
effective enhancement of predictors of organizational commitment in tertiary
institutions in Lagos state, Nigeria. This study provide a unique contribution to
research by developing a gap for future researchers by combining empirically
grounded findings together with theoretical explanation from the literature. This study
finding also highlighted some implications and recommendation for policy and
practise toward improvement of lecturer’s commitment in tertiary institutions in Lagos
State, Nigeria. |
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