The effect of psychological empowerment and job satisfaction towards organizational commitment among Malaysian employees in small and medium enterprises

Employees’ organizational commitment towards an organization is crucial as it is one of the factors that will define organizational success. This article aims to study the antecedents of organizational commitment among employees of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia. The antecedents are...

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Main Authors: Lim, Lee Ling, Ho, Theresa C. F., Othman, Rafidah, Yus Kelana, Beni Widarman, Ong, Choon Hee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2019
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/89781/1/TheresaHoCharFei2019_TheEffectofPsychologicalEmpowermentandJobSatisfaction.pdf
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Summary:Employees’ organizational commitment towards an organization is crucial as it is one of the factors that will define organizational success. This article aims to study the antecedents of organizational commitment among employees of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia. The antecedents are employees’ psychological empowerment and job satisfaction. Hence, the relationships of employees’ psychological empowerment and job satisfaction towards the employees’ organizational commitment will be examined in this study. This article also studies whether employees’ psychological empowerment and job satisfaction will have different impact on each of the three components under Meyer and Allen’s Three Components Model.