期刊名称：International Journal of Business and Management Studies
电子版ISSN：1309-8047
出版年度：2017
卷号：9
期号：1
页码：147-162
出版社：Social Sciences Research Society
摘要：The objective of this study was to examine the association between supervisorrelated commitment, supervisor satisfaction and career satisfaction amongemployees in a manufacturing organisation.A cross-sectional survey was utilisedto gather data from employees in a manufacturing company in Gauteng. Theseemployees were selected by means of a non-probability convenience samplingmethod. Structured questionnaires were distributed to 150 employees. Descriptivestatistics was used to analyse the biographical information of respondents and tocompute the means and standard deviations of supervisor related commitment,supervisor satisfaction, and career satisfaction. Correlation analysis wasperformed between supervisor related commitment, supervisor satisfaction andcareer satisfaction. Regression analysis was conducted between supervisor relatedcommitment, supervisor satisfaction and career satisfaction. Positive correlationswere noted between supervisor related commitment and supervisor satisfactionand between supervisor satisfaction and career satisfaction. Similar positivecorrelation was observed between supervisor related commitment and careersatisfaction. It was also noted that supervisor related commitment contributed tothe occurrence supervisor satisfaction and career satisfaction. In similar vein,supervisor satisfaction contributed to the incidence of career satisfaction.Recommendations for the study included, among others, an improvement of thetrust relationship between supervisors and employees to enhance supervisorrelated commitment; fair and consistent application of company policies; and theapplication of work-life balance practices..
关键词：supervisor commitment; supervisor satisfaction; career satisfaction
