Psychological empowerment, work stress and organizational commitment among academic staff in Malaysian public universities

The purpose of this study is to investigate the significant impact on the relationship between psychological empowerment, work stress and organizational commitment among academic staff in public universities. A total number of 297 academic staff in northern region public universities in Malaysia w...

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Main Authors: Azizan, Farah Lina, Isa, Aflah, Afendi, Noor Afzainiza
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/17111/1/15.pdf
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description The purpose of this study is to investigate the significant impact on the relationship between psychological empowerment, work stress and organizational commitment among academic staff in public universities. A total number of 297 academic staff in northern region public universities in Malaysia was responded to this study. Data was analyzed using SPSS 21 to test the hypotheses of the study.The results indicated that psychological empowerment and work stress have significant impact on organizational commitment. Future research can be done by identifying other factors such as work-life balance, job overload, job security, pay and benefits, communication and work conflict that effect employee’s commitment towards organization. It is also recommended that this study could be further extended to compare between public and private universities as well.
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spelling uum-171112016-04-12T07:48:20Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/17111/ Psychological empowerment, work stress and organizational commitment among academic staff in Malaysian public universities Azizan, Farah Lina Isa, Aflah Afendi, Noor Afzainiza HD28 Management. Industrial Management The purpose of this study is to investigate the significant impact on the relationship between psychological empowerment, work stress and organizational commitment among academic staff in public universities. A total number of 297 academic staff in northern region public universities in Malaysia was responded to this study. Data was analyzed using SPSS 21 to test the hypotheses of the study.The results indicated that psychological empowerment and work stress have significant impact on organizational commitment. Future research can be done by identifying other factors such as work-life balance, job overload, job security, pay and benefits, communication and work conflict that effect employee’s commitment towards organization. It is also recommended that this study could be further extended to compare between public and private universities as well. 2015-08-27 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/17111/1/15.pdf Azizan, Farah Lina and Isa, Aflah and Afendi, Noor Afzainiza (2015) Psychological empowerment, work stress and organizational commitment among academic staff in Malaysian public universities. In: USM International Conference on Social Sciences 2015 (USM-ICOSS2015), 27th – 28th August 2015, Rainbow Paradise Beach Resort, Penang.
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