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| Title: | DEMOGRAPHICAL FACTORS INFLUENCING ATTITUDES TO WORK AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AMONG ACADEMIC WORKERS IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OYE-EKITI AND EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY |
| Authors: | YUSUF, NAFISAH FOLASHADE
OMOLAYO, BENJAMIN |
| Keywords: | Organizational commitment
attitude to work
work environment
Federal University Oye-Ekiti
Ekiti State University Ado-Ekiti State. |
| Issue Date: | Sep-2015 |
| Publisher: | FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OYE EKITI |
| Citation: | Abelson & Rosenberg,(1958) proposed four additional modes of restoration balance ;a) denial,b)bolstering, c) differentiation, and d) transcendence in attitude change |
| Series/Report no.: | PSYCHOLOGY;PSY/11/0215 |
| Abstract: | Issue of occupational commitment and attitude to work among workers is a thing of concern to all management of organization including the academic workers of Federal University
Oye- Ekiti and Ekiti State University in Ekiti State.The present study investigated the influence of perceived demographical factors influencing attitudes to work and organizational commitment among academic workers of Federal University Oye-Ekiti and Ekiti State University Ado,Ekiti.The study adopted ex-post factor research design. A total number of 100 workers were
accidentally sampled in the study.These participantswere administered with Occupational commitment scale and attitude to work scale together with demographic information. Six hypotheses were testedin the study using independent samples t-test, two were confirmed and the other two were tested with One-Way ANOVA and one was confirmed.The result of the tested hypotheses showed that gender has significant influence on organizational
commitment(t=3.29.’df = 98; p<.05). Gender has no significant influence on attitude to work (t=1.84;df=98;p>.05).work environment has significant influence on organizational commitment(F(2,97)=3.21; p<.05). Work environment has no significant influence on attitude to
work (F(2,97)=0.55; p >.05). Age has no significant influence on organizational commitment (t=0.90;df =78;p>.05). Age has no significant influence on attitude to work (t=-1.78; df=78;p>.05). Length of service has significant influence on organizational commitment (t=-0.50;df=88;p>.05). Length of service has no significant influence on attitude to work(t=0.11;df=88;p>05).Based on findings,it is concluded that demographic factors are important in understanding
organizational commitment and attitude to work of academic workers. Moreover, gender differs in level of organizational commitment of workers. The findings show that gender, length of 10 service and work environment have significant influence on organizational commitment so organizations should always pay great attentions to these factors for increment of productivity |
| Description: | According to information provided by The United States Department of Labor,in 2009
employed persons worked an average of 7.5 hours on the days they worked, which were mostly
weekdays,84 percent of employed persons did some or all of their work at their
workplace.”Therefore, this indicates that the majority of the population is spending their waking hours at work, outside their homes. Therefore employers must do their best to create a low stress and inspiring work environment to yield greater productivity. Michelle T. Iaffaldano and Paul M.Muchinsky were one of the first people to reignite interest in the connection between job
satisfaction and job performance. The meta-analytic research of these individuals impacted the way in which later research on the topic was conducted, especially regarding sample sizes. |
| URI: | http://repository.fuoye.edu.ng/handle/123456789/1190 |
| Appears in Collections: | Psychology Thesis
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