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FACTO ALPH
DESCRIPTION MEA SD*
R A
N*
Factor I .8829 Relationship with peers and superiors
5.0879 1.26
34
Factor II .8896 Satisfaction with financial re-numeration
3.6566 1.36
28
Factor III .8687 Career and personal development opportunities
4.2537 1.25
34
Factor IV .8836 Perception and satisfaction with issues pertaining to
promotions and advancements
3.6719 1.25
74
Factor V .8813 Meaningfulness of and satisfaction with the job
Factor VI .8876 Support provided by the organisation
Factor
VII
Factor
VIII
.7720 Workload
.7334 Comparisons with the Private Sector
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5.2620 1.34
25
4.1999 1.53
51
4.9660 1.20
22
4.1574 1.25
15
* Factor scores were computed based on the arithmetic means of the items that loaded on the
respective factor.
Relationship Between Commitment & Work Variables
The next step involved using Stepwise Multiple Regression to analyse the relationship
between the work factors and each Organisational Commitment dimension. All the 8 work
factors were regressed onto each of the Organisational Commitment dimension in turn. The
order of the variables entered into the regression equation each time was determined by the
strength of the correlation between each variable and the Organisational Commitment
dimension concerned.
‘Meaningfulness/Satisfaction with job’ and ‘Relationship with peers and superiors’
were found to predict AC significantly, accounting for about 48% of the variance. On the
other hand, only ‘Meaningfulness/Satisfaction with job’ predicted CC, accounting for only
7% of the variance. There were 3 predictors of NC; ‘Meaningfulness/ satisfaction with the
job’, ‘Promotion opportunities’ and ‘Support provided by the organisation’. Together, these
accounted for almost 52% of the variance.