Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment and Personality Traits: A relationship Study

Abstract

The present study had two main objectives; first, to discover the relationships
between job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and personality traits
among employees of AW (Air Weapon Complex), Second, to find out the age,
salary, marital status, and education differences on job satisfaction and
organizational commitment of employees. In present study three instrument; Job
Satisfaction Scale JSS (Macdonald & Maclntyre, 1997), Organizational
Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ) (Mowday, Steer, & Porter, 197), and Ten
Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) (Rentfrow, Gosling & Swann, 2003); were
administered to a sample of (N=100) along with demographic sheet. Results of
the study revealed significant positive correlation between job satisfaction and
organizational commitment of employees; significant negative association of
neuroticism with job satisfaction and organizational commitment; extroversion,
openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness showed significant
positive correlation with job satisfaction and organizational commitment.
Findings of the study also showed significant age, education, salary, and marital
status differences on job satisfaction and organizational commitment as all these
demographic variables were positive correlates of job satisfaction and
organizational commitment.