Causal Influences of Organizational Climate and Quality of Work Life on Employee’s Organizational Commitment of an Automotive Parts Manufacturing Company
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This research aimed to study the organizational climate and the quality of working life that affect the organizational commitment of the employees of an automotive parts manufacturer. The sample consisted of 400 employees of an automotive parts manufacturing company. Questionnaires were used to collect and analyze the data. The descriptive statistics consisting of frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation were applied. The hypothesis testing was conducted by using a structural equation model. Significance was set at a level of .05.
The results showed that the structural equation model was consistent with the empirical data with 2/df = 124.08, p-value =.06,
2/df = 1.939, GFI = .961, AGFI = .926, CFI = .983, NFI = .966, and RMSEA = .049 which met the specified criteria. Results of hypothesis testing showed that quality of working life affected the organizational commitment at the level of significance of.05. But the organizational atmosphere did not affect the organizational commitment of the employees of the automotive parts manufacturer, with power of forecasting of 58 percent.
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