The relative importance of happiness, job satisfaction and affective commitment in predicting intention to quit among South Africa employees

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dc.contributor.advisorGoodman S A/Prof (COM)en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorStevens, Josslynen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-15T05:30:10Z
dc.date.available2015-08-15T05:30:10Z
dc.date.issued2015en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis research study presents the relative importance of subjective wellbeing (SWB), together with job satisfaction, and affective commitment in the prediction of intention to quit among South African employees (N = 134). In particular this study considered whether SWB contributes to the positive organisational behaviour domain in relation to intention to quit. Both male and female participants of varying age and ethnicity were examined from multiple organisations in South Africa. Data were collected using online surveys whereby participants completed four short Likert-type scales, namely, the orientations to happiness scale, affective commitment scale, job satisfaction scale, and turnover intention scale (or TIS-6). Relative weights analysis (RWA) results indicated that the predictive contribution of job satisfaction was the largest, followed by affective commitment, and then SWB, which did not appear to be a relatively important predictor of intention to quit. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that SWB explained a small amount of additional variance in intention to quit over and above that explained by job satisfaction and affective commitment. Implications and recommendations for future studies are discussed.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationStevens, J. (2015). <i>The relative importance of happiness, job satisfaction and affective commitment in predicting intention to quit among South Africa employees</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Organisational Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13748en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationStevens, Josslyn. <i>"The relative importance of happiness, job satisfaction and affective commitment in predicting intention to quit among South Africa employees."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Organisational Psychology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13748en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationStevens, J. 2015. The relative importance of happiness, job satisfaction and affective commitment in predicting intention to quit among South Africa employees. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Stevens, Josslyn AB - This research study presents the relative importance of subjective wellbeing (SWB), together with job satisfaction, and affective commitment in the prediction of intention to quit among South African employees (N = 134). In particular this study considered whether SWB contributes to the positive organisational behaviour domain in relation to intention to quit. Both male and female participants of varying age and ethnicity were examined from multiple organisations in South Africa. Data were collected using online surveys whereby participants completed four short Likert-type scales, namely, the orientations to happiness scale, affective commitment scale, job satisfaction scale, and turnover intention scale (or TIS-6). Relative weights analysis (RWA) results indicated that the predictive contribution of job satisfaction was the largest, followed by affective commitment, and then SWB, which did not appear to be a relatively important predictor of intention to quit. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that SWB explained a small amount of additional variance in intention to quit over and above that explained by job satisfaction and affective commitment. Implications and recommendations for future studies are discussed. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - The relative importance of happiness, job satisfaction and affective commitment in predicting intention to quit among South Africa employees TI - The relative importance of happiness, job satisfaction and affective commitment in predicting intention to quit among South Africa employees UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13748 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13748
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationStevens J. The relative importance of happiness, job satisfaction and affective commitment in predicting intention to quit among South Africa employees. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Organisational Psychology, 2015 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13748en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentOrganisational Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherOrganisational Psychologyen_ZA
dc.titleThe relative importance of happiness, job satisfaction and affective commitment in predicting intention to quit among South Africa employeesen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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