Factors influencing organisational commitment motivation and job satisfaction among academic employees at a South African university: post-merger effects

[摘要] This study was an assessment of the level of academics' organisational commitment,motivation and job satisfaction after the complex transformational process of merging. Thestudy focused on one faculty in a South African technological university. The study aimed toanswer the research question of whether there is a relationship between the mergerexperience, organisational commitment, motivation and job satisfaction among academicemployees at a higher education institution. A quantitative research design was employedwith the study and questionnaires were used to collect data.A sample of 154 university academics responded to the questionnaires. The sampleconsisted of 103 academics who were employed by the institution before the merger and 51employed after the merger process. Questionnaires were self administered by the researcherand analysed.Results of the descriptive statistics and analyses of covariance indicated that arelationship indeed exists between merger experience and the studied variables. The samesignificance was also found between merger experience and certain confounding variables.Additionally, the study compared the levels of the studied variables between the pre-mergerand post-merger groups and the difference was noted.The conclusions of the study revealed that although it is a mammoth task forinstitutional managers, obtaining academics' commitment and motivation during the changeprocess is vital for the materialisation of merger goals. Younger academics seemed to be more commitment than their old counterparts; similar results were found for job satisfaction and motivation.

[发布机构] University of the Free State