The influence of quality of work life on organizational commitment: A study on academic staff in public institution of higher learning in Malaysia

Daud, Normala

doi:10.1109/icimtr.2012.6236480

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“…As noted, the study on QoWL among university professors in Brazil (developing country) had meaningfulness and showed that the professors were more committed to their university than their Canadian counterparts (Boas & Morin, 2013). An interesting pattern highlighted in this literature review inquiry was an association that developed between QoWL and performance with a focus on rewards and recognition (Daud, 2012;Kermansaravi et al, 2014;Pandey & Jha, 2014;Johnsrud, 2002;Shahbazi et al, 2011) and productivity (Mohammad, 2013). Another theme seldom mentioned in QoWL discourse which emerged under the realm of this literature study were the effects of the QoWL on efficiency of the staff members at tertiary institutions (Kermansaravi et al, 2014;Ballou et al 2007;Johnsrud, 2002).…”

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confidence: 93%

“…While a study by Soltanzadeh, Ghalvandy & Fatah (2012) showed dimensions such as constitutionalism, social relevance of worklife and social integration to have a strong relationship with the employee satisfaction. A perception study undertaken by Daud (2012) among 170 employees at a Malaysian university to determine the relations between the QoWL and organisational commitment amongst the teaching staff members showed the levels of the QoWL to be favourable and organisational commitment moderate. The research findings also revealed that employee participation at workplace influences employee commitment as well as growth and development.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Quality of Work Life (QoWL) literature has grown substantially in universities globally with multi-dimensional perspectives and concepts being coined. This has been noticeable in studies conducted at different universities investigating relationships between QoWL and career development , with job satisfaction (Kermansarvis, Navidian, Rigi & Yaghoubinia, 2014), with organisational commitment (Daud, 2012), Shahbazi Shokrzadeh, Bejani, Malekinia & Ghoroneh, (2011) undertaking a research study on the QoWL and performance and productivity at Iranian universities (Mohammad, Ahmad & Reza, 2013). Furthermore, a comparison between the QoWL for professors in a developing country (Brazil) and a developed country, Canada (Boas & Morin, 2013), comparison between existing and expected QoWL in universities (Kumar & Shanubhohue, 1996), QoWL among teaching staff of university of Tehran (Mirkamalia & Thanib, 2011), investigating organisational pressure on QoWL and women in administration at a university (Ogunsanya, 2012) has also been scantly explored.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Quality of Work Life Dimensions in Universities: A Systematic Review

Ngcamu¹

2017

GJHS

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Quality of Work Life (QoWL) is topical in universities in this epoch of managerialism which has directly influenced workplace environments. However, most of the extant research has focussed on the developing relationship between QoWL and job satisfaction of academic (teaching) staff members. To date, few attempts have been made at reviewing the literature pertaining to QoWL as a concept, its dimensions and impact on the diverse aspect of employees. This study adopts an interpretive framework as a philosophical perspective and follows a hermeneutic framework as the literature obtained from databases will be classified, mapped, critically assessed and arguments developed. The current study is a unique attempt to review the literature on QoWL concepts, dimensions and gaps commencing from its inception in the 1970s. There is a dearth of literature-based review studies on the impacts of QoWL in universities which this study attempts to fill.

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Section: Towards a Research Agendamentioning

confidence: 93%

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Quality of Work Life Dimensions in Universities: A Systematic Review

Ngcamu¹

2017

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“…According to Leitão et al (2019), in order to maintain high productivity and keep the employees motivated, the employer must improve the employees' perceived quality of work life (QWL). Daud et al (2015) noted that understanding the QWL and its connection with organizational commitment (OC) would improve the degree of commitment among academics and motivate them to produce various high impact research papers. The HEIs will continue to produce excellent graduates at the same time.…”

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Developing Items for Measuring Quality of Work Life Among Malaysian Academics: An Exploratory Factor Analysis Procedure

Ehido

Awang

Halim

et al. 2020

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Purpose of the study: Quality of work life (QWL) is vital for all establishments to continue to hire and retain high-performance workers. However, from the review of previous literature on QWL, little is known about the dimensions that constitute high QWL among academics. Therefore, this study aimed at contributing to the literature by conducting a detailed validation of seven dimensions of QWL through the Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) procedure. Methodology: This study employed a cross-sectional research design to establish reliable measures for the QWL construct. The items were adapted and modified to suit this study. Study data was obtained using a structured questionnaire from 100 randomly selected academics from the five Malaysian research universities. The study further conducted the Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) procedure using IBM-SPSS version 21.0. Main Findings: A total of 51 items were initially developed to measure QWL construct, however, from the EFA procedure, the study found that 8 items with factor loading below the cut-off point of .60 were deleted and 48 items with a factor loading above the cut-off point of .60 were retained and deemed suitable to measure the QWL construct. Applications of this study: This study validated the dimensions that lead to improved QWL. Therefore, this study is particularly useful to the Malaysian universities' management who aim to obtain benefits from super motivated and high-performance academics by making sure that the workers' overall well-being is protected in the workplace. Novelty/Originality of this study: This study established a validated and reliable instrument for measuring the QWL construct among academics in the Malaysian research universities.

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“…Consequently, the role of academic staff has become more challenging and demanding. The university management needs to take into serious consideration regarding this challenging matter in the academic affairs, as well as in research and administration (Daud, 2012).…”

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Work Attitude among Malaysian Academicians in the Public Universities: A Social Network Analysis

Asrah¹,

Djauhari²,

Suleiman³

2014

MAS

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This study dealt with a social network analysis approach to comprehend the work attitude amongst academicians in the Malaysian public universities. This work attitude presented the psychological attachment between the employee and the organization. The organizational commitment and workplace spirituality amongst the academicians were highlighted here. A total of 40 factors were found to represent four groups of workplace spirituality and organizational commitment. The similarity amongst the factors was measured with two different kinds of associations. The best measure of association, which was the Tschuprow's measure of association, showed better results than the other measure in measuring the correlation amongst the factors. The connections and relationships amongst the factors were studied by using minimum spanning trees (MST). The interpretation of the MST was conducted by using the overall centrality measure.

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The influence of quality of work life on organizational commitment: A study on academic staff in public institution of higher learning in Malaysia

Cited by 10 publications

References 16 publications

Quality of Work Life Dimensions in Universities: A Systematic Review

Quality of Work Life Dimensions in Universities: A Systematic Review

Developing Items for Measuring Quality of Work Life Among Malaysian Academics: An Exploratory Factor Analysis Procedure

Work Attitude among Malaysian Academicians in the Public Universities: A Social Network Analysis

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