Organizational commitment and job satisfaction: a study with municipal civil servants

This study aims to analyze the relationship between organizational commitment and job satisfaction among civil servants of city halls. The theoretical platform that was used to approach organizational commitment was based on the model of Meyer and Allen (1991), validated in Brazil by Medeiros and En...

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Autores: Lizote, Suzete Antonieta, Verdinelli, Miguel Angel, Nascimento, Sabrina do
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
Repositorio:Revista de Administração Pública
Idioma:portugués
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OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.fgv.br:article/72847
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.fgv.br/rap/article/view/72847
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:organizational commitment
job satisfaction
city halls.
compromiso organizacional
satisfacción en el trabajo
municipalidades.
comprometimento organizacional
satisfação no trabalho
prefeituras.
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Sumario:This study aims to analyze the relationship between organizational commitment and job satisfaction among civil servants of city halls. The theoretical platform that was used to approach organizational commitment was based on the model of Meyer and Allen (1991), validated in Brazil by Medeiros and Enders (1998). Regarding job satis­faction, the construct of Siqueira (1995, 2008) was used. For research development, the quantitative approach was chosen, and the data was collected using research instruments derived from scales validated for these constructs. The methods used to compare averages were the t test and Anova, and for the evaluation of relationships, explo­ratory and confirmatory factor analyses and structural equation modeling were used. The associations between the constructs showed that affective dimension of commitment is significantly related with satisfaction. A negative relationship was found for the normative dimension with job satisfaction, indicating the higher the normative commitment of employees, the lower their satisfaction. As for the instrumental dimension, there was no relation with satisfaction. The results showed that civil servants of city halls feel satisfied when they are effectively committed and dissatisfied if their commitment is only to comply with norms.