published_or_final_version / Business Administration / Master / Master of Business Administration

published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education

by Law Tak Yan. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 44-46). / TABLE OF CONTENTS / APPROVAL --- p.ii / ABSTRACT --- p.iii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --- p.vi / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vii / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.3 / Definitions of Organisational Commitment --- p.3 / Antecedents of Organisational Commitment --- p.4 / Job Characteristics Model --- p.6 / Core Job Characteristic Dimensions --- p.7 / Skill Variety --- p.8 / Task Identity --- p.8 / Task Significance --- p.8 / Autonomy --- p.8 / Feedback --- p.9 / Critical Psychological States --- p.10 / Personal and Work Outcomes --- p.10 / Growth Need Strength --- p.11 / Relationship between Organisational Commitment and Job Characteristics --- p.11 / Chapter III. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.13 / Organisation of the Labour Department --- p.13 / Sample Characteristics --- p.17 / Measurement of Organisational Commitment --- p.18 / The Job Diagnostic Survey --- p.20 / Interview --- p.22 / Chapter IV. --- RESULTS AND ANALYSIS --- p.23 / Level of Organisational Commitment --- p.25 / Comparison of Job Characteristics --- p.27 / Skill Variety --- p.27 / Task Identity --- p.28 / Task Significance --- p.28 / Autonomy --- p.29 / Feedback --- p.30 / Antecedents of Organisational Commitment for Assistant Labour Officers --- p.31 / Chapter V. --- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION --- p.32 / Enrichment of Job Characteristics by Job Redesign --- p.32 / Combining Tasks --- p.33 / Establishing Client Relationship --- p.33 / Opening Feedback Channels --- p.34 / Antecedents of Organisational Commitment --- p.34 / APPENDIX --- p.36 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.44