Organizational Commitment And Employee Engagement Among Administrators In Public Universities In Malaysia
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11113/sh.v11n2-2.1648Keywords:
Employee engagement, continuous commitment, normative commitment, affective commitment, public university administratorsAbstract
This study attempted to examine the effect of organizational commitment on employee engagement among universities’ administrators in public universities of Malaysia. For the purpose of the study, data were collected through a structured questionnaire from 400 participants consisting of administrators in public universities in Malaysia. Collected data were analyzed using partial least square (PLS) structured equation modeling with the support of SMART PLS 2.0. Findings revealed that affective commitment and normative commitment has significant effect on employee engagement while continuance commitment was not found to have any significant effect on employee engagement. The outcomes of this empirical study will help in designing appropriate human resource management policies to improve the engagement level of administrator at all public universities in Malaysia.
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