JOB SATISFACTION AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT OF ACADEMIC STAFF IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION

Abstract

Abstract— The purposes of this research were to study job satisfaction and organizational commitment of academic staff in Higher Education Institution and to study the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment of academic personnel. The sample group in this research was 385 academic staff of Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University. The research tool for collecting data was a questionnaire and the collected data was analyzed by using a statistical package. The statistics used were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation. and Pearson product moment correlation coefficient. The research results showed that academic staff were satisfied with their work, overall average was at a high level. When considering each aspect, it was found that all aspects had a high average level of satisfaction except salary and benefits and working conditions, the average is at the moderate level. For organizational commitment among academic staff, it was found that academic staff had a commitment to the organization, overall average was at a high level. When considering each aspect, it was found that all aspects had a high average level of engagement except for continuity, the average level of commitment was at a moderate level. In addition, the research results showed that the job satisfaction of university personnel was positively correlated with organizational commitment, both in overall and in each aspect at a statistical significance of 0.01.