Organisational Commitment

The second dimension represents the organisational commitment and its effects on the turnover intention of the faculty members. Table (4.3) presents the participants’

agreement regarding organisational commitment statements.

From the below table, it appears that the mean of the participant's answers ranged from (2.79) to (4.07), with (1.09) a standard deviation value and 65.8 relative importance.

The highest mean was for statement 19: “" I am willing to put in a great deal of effort

beyond that which is normally expected in order to help this university to be successful”, which means that the participant's strongly agreed on this statement. Whereas, statement 16 determined the lowest mean: “It would take very little change

in my present circumstances to lead me to leave this university”, which means that the participant's slightly agree with the stated notion. Indeed, the sample attitude towards

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the questions can be observed as positive as shown through the total mean value, thus the participants have organisational commitment to a good extent and present attitudes of positivity in relation to it. With regards to standard deviation, its values are presented as normal, which support the agreement.

Table 4. 3: Organisational Commitment

Statement Mean Standard

Deviation

Relative Importance 11. I talk up this university to my friends as a great

institution to work for. 3.33 1.026 66.6

12. I do not feel any obligation to remain with my current

employer. 3.24 1.109 64.8

13. Even if it was to my advantage, I do not feel it would

be right to leave the university now. 3.44 1.152 68.8

14. I feel very little loyalty to this university. _{3.28 1.251 65.6}

15. I would accept almost any type of job/assignment in

order to keep working for this university. 3.45 .978 69

16. It would take very little change in my present

circumstances to lead me to leave this university. 2.79 1.085 55.8

17. For me, this is the best of all possible universities to

work for. 3.13 1.146 62.6

18. One of the few negative consequences of leaving this university would be the scarcity of available

alternatives. 3.12 1.167 62.4

19. I am willing to put in a great deal of effort beyond that which is normally expected in order to help this

university to be successful. 4.17 .833 83.4

20. This university really inspires the very best in me in

terms of job performance. 3.13 1.083 62.6

21. Too much of my life would be disrupted if I decided

that I wanted to leave the university now. 3.14 1.311 62.8

22. In comparison with other institutions, this is the best

university I have ever worked for 3.21 1.035 64.2

Average Mean and SD 3.29 1.09 65.8

Most of the respondents feel that their university is a great institution to work for, although no obligation is felt by them to remain with their current employer. However, most of the faculty members do not feel that it would be right to leave the university at the present time, even if it was to their advantage. Moreover, most of the respondents feel very little loyalty to their university, although in order to continue with their employment, they often accept any form of job/assignment, and most of them explained that in order to decide to leave the university would actually result in

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minimal changes to their present circumstances. Invariably, the respondents showed organisational commitment to their university, as for the development of this university to become more successful, they were prepared to instill a great deal of effort beyond that which is normally expected. Most of them stated that their university inspired the very best in them in terms of job performance, and they also felt that there was a scarcity of available alternatives from their university to work for. Furthermore, most of the respondents explained that by leaving the university at present would result in a greater disruption in their life, and that their university is the best university they have ever worked for in comparison with other institutions.

Figure 4. 6: Organizational commitment

From the above Radar Chart Figure (4.6), each statement is noted in detail, as regarding the statement 11 “I talk up this university to my friends as a great institution to work for”, it is shown through good agreement with a (3.33) mean value. Whereas, the answers from the respondents in regards to the statement 12, which comprised: “I do not feel any obligation to remain with my current employer”, and this reflects a good agreement with the mean value of (3.24). In addition, regarding the statement 13 that includes: “Even if it was to my advantage, I do not feel it would be right to leave the university now”, received good agreement with a high mean value (3.44). Also, it could be noticed that the participants respond to the statement which represents the extent of their loyalty to the university and reflects good agreement with the mean value (3.24). Additionally, the statement 15

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that reflects respondents’ I would accept almost any type of job/assignment in order to keep working for this university’ gets good agreement with a mean value (3.45). In addition, the statement 16, which states: “It would take very little change in my present circumstances to lead me to leave this university”, receives good agreement with (2.79) as the mean value. The mean of respondents’ opinions regarding their universities to work for reflect a good agreement with a mean value (3.13).

In addition, regarding the statement 18 “One of the few negative consequences of leaving this university would be the scarcity of available alternatives”, good agreement with (3.12) as the mean value was received. Whereas, the answers by the respondents about the statement 19, “I am willing to put in a great deal of effort beyond that which is normally expected in order to help this university to be successful”, reflects strong agreement with a high mean value (4.17). In addition, regarding the statement 20, “This University really inspires the very best in me in terms of job performance”, there was good agreement obtained with the mean value (3.13). On the other hand, in statement 21 participants feel that too much of their life would be disrupted if they decided to leave the university with the mean value (3.14), which reflects good agreement of the sample. Additionally, the statement 22 “In comparison with other institutions, this is the best university I have ever worked for”,

get good agreement with (3.24) mean value.

These results that are signified above are in disagreement with the study by Jehanzeb et al. (2013), as a negative relationship between organisational commitment and turnover intention was stated through the strongly supported hypothesis in that specific research. Thus, one of the most influential determinants of turnover intention is actually represented by organisational commitment. Moreover, the results from the current study are consistent with the investigation by Alexandrov et al. (2007), as the organisational commitment and turnover intention correlation was confirmed again.