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The relative importance of happiness, job satisfaction and affective commitment in predicting intention to quit among South Africa employees

This research study presents the relative importance of subjective wellbeing (SWB), together with job satisfaction, and affective commitment in the prediction of intention to quit among South African employees (N = 134). In particular this study considered whether SWB contributes to the positive org...

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Main Author: Stevens, Josslyn
Other Authors: Goodman S A/Prof (COM)
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description This research study presents the relative importance of subjective wellbeing (SWB), together with job satisfaction, and affective commitment in the prediction of intention to quit among South African employees (N = 134). In particular this study considered whether SWB contributes to the positive organisational behaviour domain in relation to intention to quit. Both male and female participants of varying age and ethnicity were examined from multiple organisations in South Africa. Data were collected using online surveys whereby participants completed four short Likert-type scales, namely, the orientations to happiness scale, affective commitment scale, job satisfaction scale, and turnover intention scale (or TIS-6). Relative weights analysis (RWA) results indicated that the predictive contribution of job satisfaction was the largest, followed by affective commitment, and then SWB, which did not appear to be a relatively important predictor of intention to quit. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that SWB explained a small amount of additional variance in intention to quit over and above that explained by job satisfaction and affective commitment. Implications and recommendations for future studies are discussed.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/13748 The relative importance of happiness, job satisfaction and affective commitment in predicting intention to quit among South Africa employees Stevens, Josslyn Goodman S A/Prof (COM) Organisational Psychology This research study presents the relative importance of subjective wellbeing (SWB), together with job satisfaction, and affective commitment in the prediction of intention to quit among South African employees (N = 134). In particular this study considered whether SWB contributes to the positive organisational behaviour domain in relation to intention to quit. Both male and female participants of varying age and ethnicity were examined from multiple organisations in South Africa. Data were collected using online surveys whereby participants completed four short Likert-type scales, namely, the orientations to happiness scale, affective commitment scale, job satisfaction scale, and turnover intention scale (or TIS-6). Relative weights analysis (RWA) results indicated that the predictive contribution of job satisfaction was the largest, followed by affective commitment, and then SWB, which did not appear to be a relatively important predictor of intention to quit. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that SWB explained a small amount of additional variance in intention to quit over and above that explained by job satisfaction and affective commitment. Implications and recommendations for future studies are discussed. 2015-08-15T05:30:10Z 2015-08-15T05:30:10Z 2015 Master Thesis Masters MSocSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13748 eng application/pdf Organisational Psychology Faculty of Commerce University of Cape Town
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title The relative importance of happiness, job satisfaction and affective commitment in predicting intention to quit among South Africa employees
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title_full_unstemmed The relative importance of happiness, job satisfaction and affective commitment in predicting intention to quit among South Africa employees
title_short The relative importance of happiness, job satisfaction and affective commitment in predicting intention to quit among South Africa employees
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