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International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences

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Examining the Relationships among Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, and Turnover Intentions in Manufacturing Sector of Pakistan

Amjad Ali, Li ZhongBin, Huang JianPing, Zulfiqar Ali, Umar Sultan

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v8-i8/4428

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The aim of the research study was to investigate the relationships between job satisfaction, organizational commitment and turnover intentions of employees working in the manufacturing sector in Peshawar, Pakistan. The data were collected from 178 employees working in the manufacturing sector in Peshawar, Pakistan, using a convenient sampling procedure. Descriptive statistic, correlation, and regression analysis were used in this study for the purposes to find out the relations between the variables. From the results, there was a positive correlation between job satisfaction and organizational commitment (r= 0.64, P < 0.01), while there was a negative significant correlation between job satisfaction and turnover intention (r= -0.45, P < 0.01). In addition, organizational commitment and turnover intention were found to be negatively correlated (r= -0.47, P < 0.01). The essential consequences of the research work is that, the supervisors or managers must take some creative steps to improve employee’s job satisfaction, to expand organizational commitment, and reduces employee turnover intentions in their organizations.

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