Recent research has urged more comprehensive theoretical development and empirical validation in the field of organizational change. This study is aimed at further developing the change leadership construct and investigating its effect on employees¡¯ commitment to a particular change, along with investigating the moderating roles of leaders¡¯ general transformational leadership styles and subordinates¡¯ affective commitment to the larger organization. The results for the change leadership measure suggest that change leadership behaviors encompass two factors¡ªleaders¡¯ change-selling behavior and change- implementing behavior. Hierarchical linear modeling results indicate that the two aspects of change leadership have different effects on employees¡¯ affective commitment to change. Results on the three-way interaction also provided a more comprehensive view of organizational change situations. Additional theoretical and empirical implications are discussed.

Tez (Doktora) - Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, İşletme Anabilim Dalı, 2008. / Kaynakça var.

Job satisfaction and organizational commitment are important for determining both individual and organizational outcomes. Quantity surveyors are important players in the Hong Kong construction industry in providing professional services to developers and contractors. Despite their importance, limited job satisfaction and organizational commitment research has been conducted in the profession, which underlines the basis for the study. Within the quantity surveying profession, quantity surveyors are assigned into work group for handling construction projects. Cooperation and collaboration are common in quantity surveyor’s daily working practice. Given cooperative working arrangement, “work group identification” and “propensity to trust” are regarded as important antecedents for determining job satisfaction and organizational commitment. On the other hand, it is argued that “length of employment within the organization” may have both positive and negative influence on job satisfaction and organizational commitment due to the quantity surveyor’s standardized working duties. Negative perception about the job duties also constitutes a mediation influence on the effect that the antecedents place on organizational commitment. Thus, this research is intended to find out the effect of the three antecedents – “length of employment within the organization”, “work group identification” and “propensity to trust” on job satisfaction and organizational commitment, as well as to investigate the role played by job satisfaction in affecting the relationship between the antecedents and organizational commitment. Based on previous literatures, the relationships between the antecedents, job satisfaction and organizational commitment are examined and a research model is developed for hypotheses testing. Hypotheses 1 and 2 postulate that the three antecedents positively affect job satisfaction and organizational commitment respectively. Each sub-hypothesis under hypotheses 1 and 2 postulates a positive bivariate relationship between one antecedent and one outcome (job satisfaction or organizational commitment). Hypothesis 3 depicts the mediation effect of job satisfaction on the association stated in Hypothesis 2. Questionnaire survey is used to collect primary data for analysis. Bivariate correlation and multiple regression analysis are applied for hypotheses testing. The data analysis results provide full support for the relationships between work group identification and job satisfaction. The results also provide some supports for the positive relationship between other antecedents and job satisfaction / organizational commitment. Mediation effects of job satisfaction on the relationships between the three antecedents and organizational commitment are found in some relationships. This study has both theoretical and practical contributions. A new research theme in construction context is initiated with the use of social exchange theory in examining job satisfaction and organizational commitment within the quantity surveying profession. The research model to explain the relationships between the three antecedents and job satisfaction and organizational commitment is tested. The data analysis results provide a better understanding about job satisfaction and organizational commitment amongst chartered quantity surveyors working in the construction industry. Based on the research findings, it is suggested that senior managers should attempt to improve “work group identification” and “propensity to trust” amongst quantity surveyors so as to enhance job satisfaction and organizational commitment within the profession. / published_or_final_version / Real Estate and Construction / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

The purpose of this dissertation is to build and test a model that integrates the marketing, management, and psychological literature with respect to organizational climate variables and their direct and indirect impact on salesperson psychological and behavioral outcomes, as well as one that answers the overarching research question of how organizational climate variables impact salesperson psychological and behavioral work outcomes. Data were collected during the time period from April 2006 until May 2006. Three hundred survey invitations were sent via e-mail to salespeople at three organizations. The participating organizations included a privately owned publishing firm located in the southeastern United States, a large privately owned Internet recruiting firm located in the upper Midwest, and a publicly traded worldwide financial information reporting firm. In total, 251 responses were gathered yielding an overall response rate for the study of 83.6%. Generally, the results from this analysis confirm the research questions that climate variables such as perceived organizational support, ethical climate, and trust do positively impact salesperson psychological and behavioral outcomes. Managerial implications and directions for future research are also offered.

M. Tech. Organisational Leadership / The aim of this research to investigate the key factors impacting on retention of skilled employees in the public sector using the psychological contract as a framework in an emerging economy context. The focus of the study was on employees perspectives regarding elements of the employment relationship they consider valuable and how these inducements affect their commitment and loyalty to the organization.

Darbe buvo siekiama atskleisti darbuotojų įsipareigojimo, etinio klimato organizacijoje ir transformacinio vadovavimo stiliaus sąsajų ypatumus. Tyrime dalyvavo 208 įvairiose organizacijose dirbantys tiriamieji (71 vyras ir 136 moterys). Įsipareigojimas organizacijai buvo vertinamas R. T. Mowday, R. M. Steers ir L. W. Porter (1979) įsipareigojimo organizacijai klausimynu, vadovavimo stilius - GTL skale (autoriai Carless, Wearing ir Mann, 2000) bei etinis klimatas – Etiniu klimato klausimynu, sudarytu B. Victor ir J. B. Cullen (1987, 1988). Rezultatai parodė, jog vienintelis sociodemografinis veiksnys, kuriuo galima būtų prognozuoti darbuotojų įsipareigojimą organizacijai, yra darbuotojo pareigos. Nustatyta, kad vadovaujantį darbą dirbantys asmenys yra labiau įsipareigoję organizacijai bei savo vadovo stilių suvokia kaip labiau transformacinį nei nevadovaujantį darbą dirbantys darbuotojai. Tyrimo rezultatai neatskleidė kitų individualių sociodemografinių veiksnių (amžiaus, lyties, šeimyninės padėties, darbo stažo) ir organizacinių veiksnių (organizacijos dydžio, organizacijos darbo srities, viešo/ privataus organizacijos sektoriaus) ryšių su įsipareigojimu organizacijai bei suvokiamu transformaciniu vadovavimo stiliumi. Nustatyta, jog organizacijoje, kurioje vyrauja globos etinis klimatas, darbuotojai yra labiau įsipareigoję organizacijai negu organizacijoje, kurioje vyrauja instrumentinis etinis klimatas ar taisyklėmis, įstatymais ir profesiniais kodeksais paremtas etinis... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The purpose of the research was to reveal the linkage between the employees’ commitment towards the organization, ethical climate and transformational leadership style. 208 employees from different organizations participated in the research (71 male and 136 female). The organizational commitment was measured by Mowday, Steers and Porter (1979) Organizational Commitment Questionnaire, the transformational leadership style was assessed using GTL scale developed by Carless, Wearing and Mann (2000). Ethical Climate Questionnaire, constructed by Victor and Cullen (1987, 1988) was used to assess ethical climate. The results revealed that the only predictive socio-demographic factor of the organizational commitment was the position of the employee. It was found that leading employees were more committed to their organizations and assessed the style of their leader as more transformational than non-leading employees. The results did not reveal any other socio demographic factors (such as gender, age, marital status, experience) and organizational factors (such as size and type of organization, public/private sector within the organization operates) relationships with organizational commitment and transformational leadership. It was identified that the employees are more committed to the organization containing care ethical climate than to the organization containing instrumental ethical climate or climate based on rules, law and codes. The more employees perceive their leaders as... [to full text]

Šio tyrimo tikslas buvo patikrinti kokiais ryšiais yra susiję darbuotojų asmenybės savybių, organizacinės socializacijos ir organizacinio įsipareigojimo konstruktai. Tyrime dalyvavo 172 įvairių organizacijų darbuotojai, iš kurių 58 buvo vyrai ir 112 – moterų. Darbuotojų asmenybės savybės buvo įvertintos naudojant Didžiojo penketo klausimyną, kurį sukūrė John ir kt. (1991). Šiuo klausimynu matuotos ekstraversijos, sutariamumo, sąžiningumo, neurotiškumo ir atvirumo patyrimui asmenybės savybės. Organizacinis įsipareigojimas įvertintas Porter ir kt (1979) organizacinio įsipareigojimo klausimynu. Organizacinė socializacija įvertinta naudojant Taormina (2004) sukurtu ir peržiūrėtu organizacinės socializacijos inventoriumi. Šis inventorius socializaciją matuoja darbo mokymų, supratimo, kaip veikia organizacija, bendradarbių palaikymo bei ateities perspektyvų skalėmis. Pagrindiniai tyrimo rezultatai parodė, jog organizacijų darbuotojams taikoma socializacija yra susijusi su organizaciniu įsipareigojimu. Kuo daugiau organizacija taiko socializacijos taktikas, tuo labiau jai įsipareigoję jaučiasi darbuotojai. Kitas svarbus tyrimo rezultatą atskleidė, jog individualiai geriau socializavęsi jaučiasi tie darbuotojai, kurie pasižymi ekstraversija, sutariamumu, sąžiningumu bei atvirumu patyrimui. / The main purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among employees’ personality traits, organizational socialization and organizational commitment. The participants of the present study were 172 employees (58 men and 112 women), working in various organizations. Employees’ personality traits were assessed with Big Five Inventory, developed by John et al. (1991), which included extraversion, agreeableness, consciousness, openness to experience and neurotism scales. Organizational commitment was assessed with Porter et al. (1979) organizational commitment questionnaire. Organizational socialization was assessed with organizational socialization inventory, developed and revised by Taormina (2004). This inventory included training, understanding, coworker support and future prospects. The general findings of the study indicated that employees’ socialization applied in organizations is significantly related to organizational commitment. Results showed that more socialization tactics organization applied, more their employees were committed to this organization. Another finding showed, employees that are more extraverts, agreeable, conscious and open to experience are likely to feel more socialized to organizations.

Darbo tikslas - nustatyti darbuotojo organizacinio įsipareigojimo, pasitenkinimo karjera ir asmenybės savybių sąsajas. Uždaviniai: 1) nustatyti organizacinio įsipareigojimo ir pasitenkinimo karjera sąsajas; 2) nustatyti organizacinio įsipareigojimo ir asmenybės savybių (neurotiškumas, ekstraversija, sąmoningumas, sutarimas su kitais, atvirumas naujam patyrimui) sąsajas; 3) nustatyti pasitenkinimo karjera ir asmenybės savybių (neurotiškumas, ekstraversija, sąmoningumas, sutarimas su kitais, atvirumas naujam patyrimui) sąsajas. Tyrimo metodika. Tyrimas atliktas 2007-2008 metais. Buvo apklausti 220 respondentų, iš jų 45,5 proc. vyrų ir 54,5 proc. moterų, kurių amžiaus vidurkis buvo 30,7 metų. Klausimyną sudarė Pasitenkinimo karjera skalė, Įsipareigojimo organizacijai skalė ir Didžiojo penketo Inventorius. Duomenims analizuoti buvo naudojami aprašomosios statistikos metodai, vidurkių palyginimas, dispersinė analizė ANOVA, Regresinė analizė, Pearsono bei Spearmano koreliacijos koeficientai. Rezultatai. Siekiant išanalizuoti darbuotojų organizacinio įsipareigojimo, pasitenkinimo karjera ir asmenybės savybių sąsajas, buvo nustatyta, kad didesnis įsipareigojimas organizacijai yra siejamas su žemesniu išsilavinimu, darbu privačiose, mažesnėse negu 50 darbuotojų turinčiose organizacijose, žemu ekstraversijos ir sąmoningumo išreikštumu, tačiau didesniu sutarimo su kitais, neurotiškumo ir atvirumo naujam patyrimui išreikštumu. Didesnis pasitenkinimas karjera siejamas su vyresnio negu... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The aim of the work – to ascertain the links between the organizational commitment, career satisfaction and personal traits of the respondent. The tasks of the MA paper: 1) to ascertain the links between the organizational commitment and career satisfaction of the respondent; 2) to ascertain the links between the organizational commitment and personal traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, openness) of the respondent; 3) to ascertain the links between career satisfaction and personal traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, openness) of the respondent. The methodology of the research. The research was carried out in 2007-2008. 220 respondents were surveyed, 45, 5% of them were men and 54.4% women. The average age was 30, 7 year old. The questionnaire was comprised of the Career Satisfaction scale, the Organizational Commitment scale and the Big Five Inventory (BFI). It was used the descriptive statistics, the average comparison, dispersive analysis “ANOVA”, Regression analysis, Pearson, Spearman correlation rates. The results. In order to find out the links between the organizational commitment, career satisfaction and personal traits of the respondent, it was investigated that higher organizational commitment is related to lower education, work in private, smaller then 50 workers organizations, lower extraversion and consciousness but higher agreement, emotional stability and openness. Higher... [to full text]

Darbo tikslas – išanalizuoti gydytojų ir slaugytojų įsipareigojimą organizacijai ir jį lemiančius veiksnius. Darbo uždaviniai: 1. nustatyti darbuotojų įsipareigojimo organizacijai lygį ir jį lemiančius veiksnius; 2. palyginti gydytojų ir slaugytojų įsipareigojimą darbui; 3. įvertinti demografinių veiksnių įtaką darbuotojų įsipareigojimui organizacijai. Tyrimo metodika. Tyrimui buvo naudojamas ištisinės anketinės apklausos metodas. 2008 m. gegužės mėn. išdalinta 161 anketa Raseinių apskrities ligoninėje dirbantiems gydytojams ir slaugos specialistams, iš kurių sugrįžo nesugadintos 140. Atsako dažnis 87%. Gauti duomenys apdoroti ir analizuoti naudojant statistinį duomenų analizės paketą SPSS 12.0. Hipotezės apie dviejų požymių nepriklausomumą tikrinamos naudojant χ2 (chi kvadrato) kriterijų. Rodiklių skirtumai laikyti statistiškai reikšmingi, kai p<0,05. Rezultatai. Aukščiausias buvo gydytojų emocinis ir normatyvinis įsipareigojimai (5,67), o slaugytojų atitinkamai – 5,62 ir 5,59. Bendras respondentų pasitenkinimo ligoninės veikla vidurkis siekė 5,41±1,38 balo. Aukščiausiai vyrai vertino ligoninės motyvavimo sistemą, o moterys – emocinį įsipareigojimą, žemiausiais balais moterys įvertino tęstinį įsipareigojimą, o vyrai – vadovavimą ligoninei. Didelį darbo stažą (virš 21 metų) turintys respondentai buvo labiau įsipareigoję organizacijai nei mažiau laiko dirbantys Raseinių ligoninėje darbuotojai. Vyresnio amžiaus (virš 56 metų) respondentai visas įsipareigojimo organizacijai... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Aim of the study – to analyze organizational commitment of physicians and nurses and to determine the factors influencing it. Objectives: 1. To determine the level of organizational commitment of the workers and factors influencing it; 2. To compare organizational commitment of physicians and nurses; 3. To evaluate the influence of demographical factors on workers' organizational commitment. Methods. The method of continuous questionnaire was used in this research. In May of 2008 161 questionnaires were distributed to the physicians and nurses of Raseiniai district hospital. 140 were returned undamaged. Rate of response was 87%. The collected data was processed and analyzed using the package of statistical data analysis SPSS 12.0. Hypotheses on independence of two markers were checked using χ2 (chi square) criterion. The difference in rates was thought to be statistically important when p<0,05. Results. Emotional and normative commitments of physicians turned out to be the highest (5,67), while nurses' respectively had it as 5,62 and 5,59. Overall average of respondents' satisfaction with the hospital's activities reached 5,41±1,38 points. Men rated motivation system of the hospital as the highest, while women said it was emotional commitment; women rated continuous commitment as lowest, while men stated it was hospital's management. Respondents with big work experience (over 21 years) were more committed to the organization than these with less work experience in... [to full text]

<p>The primary objective of this study was to gain an understanding of the impact of psychological empowerment and job satisfaction on organizational commitment amongst employees in a multi-national organization. For the purpose of this study a quantitative, non-probability convenience sampling design was used to assess the three variables. The sample consisted of (N = 120) permanent employees were employed in the following departments namely: Administration, Engineering, Production, Quality and Commercial.</p>