Effects of Work-Life Balance and Work Motivation on Employees’ Organizational Commitment
Keywords:
Work-life balance, professional motivation, organizational commitmentAbstract
The objectives of the study were (1) to examine employees’ personal factors that affect organizational commitment (2) to investigate the influence of employees’ work-life balance on their organizational commitment; and (3) to study the effect of work motivation on employees’ organizational commitment. Population used in this study were 218 employees of Thai Filatex Public Company Limited. the research instrument used to collect data was a questionnaire. the statistics used to analyze data were percentage, mean, standard deviation, independent sample t-test,
one-way ANOVA, and multiple regression analysis. the study results revealed that different personal factors, including gender, marital status, educational level, and years of work all affected organizational commitment differently whereas age, job position, and income demonstrated no effect on organizational commitment. Work-life balance, including the personal and social aspects of work, influenced the employees' organizational commitment. in addition, it was found that the core elements of work motivation: the motivation factor including achievement, and advancement to higher level tasks; and the hygiene factor, including job security, both influenced organizational commitment of employees at a statistically significant level of .05.
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