The relationship between psychological capital, organisational commitment and job satisfaction in the fisheries sector - A case study of fisheries sub-department of Thai Binh Province

Authors

  • Nguyen Danh Nam
    Hanoi University of Natural Resources and Environment, VN
  • Uong Thi Ngoc Lan
    Independent Researcher, VN

DOI:

10.46223/HCMCOUJS.econ.en.12.1.2013.2022

Keywords:

job satisfaction; organisational commitment; psychological capital

Abstract

The study is done to analyse the serious relationship between psychological capital, organisational commitment, and job satisfaction in the fisheries sector, a case study of Fisheries Sub-Department of Thai Binh Province. The empirical data collects through 237 questionnaires surveyed by civil servants working at the Fisheries Sub-Department of Thai Binh Province. The study applies exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modeling to evaluate the relationship between psychological capital, organisational commitment, and job satisfaction of civil servants. The analysis results show a direct impact of psychological capital on organisational commitment, and psychological capital has an indirect effect on job satisfaction. The results also show a correlation between organisational commitment and job satisfaction. The study suggested significant policy implications for the Fisheries Sub-Department of Thai Binh Province to increase organisational commitment and job satisfaction.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Abbas, M., Raja, U., Darr, W., & Bouckenooghe, D. (2014). Combined effects of perceived politics and psychological capital on job satisfaction, turnover intentions, and performance. Journal of Management, 40(7), 1813-1830.
Allen, N. J., & Meyer, J. P. (1990). The measurement and antecedents of affective, continuance and normative commitment to the organisation. Journal of Occupational Psychology, 63(1), 1-18.
Allen, N. J., & Meyer, J. P. (1991). A three-component conceptualization of organisational commitment. Human Resource Management Review, 1(1), 61-89.
Al-Mashaan, O. S. (2003). Associations among job satisfaction, optimism, pessimism, and psychosomatic symptoms for employees in the government sector in Kuwait. Psychological Reports, 93(1), 17-25.
Aminikhah, H., Khaneghah, T. M., & Naghdian, M. (2016). The relationship of psycological capital and job satisfaction with organisational commitment. International Journal of Information, Business and Management, 8(1), 153-171.
Avey, J. B., Luthans, F., & Jensen, S. M. (2009). Psychological capital: A positive resource for combating employee stress and turnover. Human Resource Management, 48(5), 677-693.
Badran, M. A., & Youssef-Morgan, C. M. (2015). Psychological capital and job satisfaction in Egypt. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 30(3), 354-370.
Benkhoff, B. (1997). Ignoring commitment is costly: New approaches established the missing link between commitment and performance. Human Relations, 50(6), 701-727.
Carver, C. S., Lehman, J. M., & Antoni, M. H. (2003). Dispositional pessimism predicts illness-related disruption of social and recreational activities amongbreast cancer patients. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84(4), 813-821.
Cronin, J. J., Brady, M. K., & Hult, G. T. (2000). Assessing the effects of quality, value, and customer satisfaction on consumer behavioural intentions in service environments. Journal of Retailing, 76(2), 193-218.
Daneshfard, C., & Ekvaniyan, K. E. (2012). Organisational commitment and job satisfaction in Islamic Azad University. Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, 3(9), 168-181.
Dang, T. S. (2018). Factors affecting organisational commitment of civil servants at the People’s Committee of District 10, Ho Chi Minh City (Master’s thesis). Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
DeConinck, J. B., & Stilwell, C. D. (2004). Incorporating organisational justice, role states, pay satisfaction and supervisor satisfaction in a model of turnover intentions. Journal of Business Research, 57(3), 225-231.
Etebarian, A., Tavakoli, S., & Abzari, M. (2012). The relationship between psychological capital and organisational commitment. African Journal of Business Management, 6(14), 5057-5060.
Firth, L. A., Mellor, D. J., Moore, K. A., & Loquet, C. (2004). How can managers reduce employee intention to quit? Journal of Managerial Psychology, 19(2), 170-187.
Fisheries Sub-Department of Thai Binh Province. (2020). Summary report 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2021, from https://sonnptnt.thaibinh.gov.vn/tin-tuc-su-kien/thong-tin-chuyen-nganh/thuy-san
Friday, S. S., & Friday, E. (2003). Racioethnic perceptions of job characteristics and job satisfaction. Journal of Management Development, 22(5), 426-442.
Fu, W., Deshpande, S. P., & Zhao, X. (2011). The impact of ethical behaviour and facets of job satisfaction on organisational commitment of chinese employees. Journal of Business Ethics, 104(4), 537-543.
General Statistics Office. (2020). Total number of employees working in the state economic sector. Retrieved May 10, 2021, from https://www.gso.gov.vn/px-web-2/?pxid=V0235&theme= D%C3%A2n%20s%E1%BB%91%20v%C3%A0%20lao%20%C4%91%E1%BB%99ng
Hair, J. F. J., Anderson, R. E., & Tatham, R. L. (1998). Multivariate data analysis with readings. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Hair, J. F. J., Anderson, R. E., Tatham, R. L., & Black, W. C. (1998). Multivariate data analysis (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Hair, J. F. J., Black, W. C., Babin, B. J., & Anderson, R. E. (2010). Multivariate data analysis (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Hair, J., Sarstedt, M., Hopkins, L., & Kupplewieser, V. (2014). Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM): An emerging tool for business research. European Business Review, 26(2), 106-121.
John, F. R. (2021). Influence of psychological capital on employee engagement and explored the mediating role of organisational commitment. European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 8(3), 3222-3231.
Judge, T. A., & Kammeyer-Mueller, J. D. (2012). Job attitudes. Annual Review of Psychology, 63(1), 341-367.
Karatepe, O. M., & Karadas, G. (2015). Do psychological capital and work engagement foster frontline employees’ satisfaction? International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 27(6), 1254-1278.
Kreitner, R., Kinicki, A., & Buelens, M. (2007). Organisational behaviour. New York, NY: McGraw Hill.
Kwok, S., Cheng, L., & Wong, D. F. K. (2015). Family emotional support, positive psychological capital and job satisfaction among chinese white-collar workers. Journal of Happiness Studies, 16(3), 1-20.
Lerouge, C., Nelson, A., & Blanton, J. E. (2006). The impact of role stress fit and self-esteem on the job attitudes of IT professionals. Information & Management, 43(8), 928-938.
Locke, E. A. (1976). The nature and causes of job satisfaction. In M. D. Dunnette (Ed.), Handbook of industrial and organisational psychology (pp. 1297-1349). Retrieved May 20, 2021, from https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=The%20nature%20and%20causes%20of%20job%20satisfaction&pages=1297-1349&publication_year=1976&author=Locke%2CE.%20A
Luddy, N. (2005). Job satisfaction amongst employees at a public health institution in the Western Cape (Master’s thesis). University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa.
Luthans, F., & Avolio, B. J. (2003). Authentic leadership: A positive developmental approach. In K. S. Cameron, J. E. Dutton & R. E. Quinn (Eds.), Positive organisational scholarship (pp. 241-261). San Francisco, CA: Barrett-Koehler.
Luthans, F., & Youssef, C. M. (2004). Human, social, and now positive psychological capital management: Investing in people for competitive advantage. Organisational Dynamics, 33(2), 143-160.
Luthans, F., Avey, J. B., Avolio, B. J., Norman, S., & Combs, G. (2006). Psychological capital development: Toward a micro-intervention. Journal of Organisational Behaviour, 27, 387-393.
Luthans, F., Avolio, B., Avey, J., & Norman, S. (2007). Psychological capital: Measurement and relationship with performance and satisfaction. Personnel Psychology, 60(3), 541-572.
Malik, A. (2013). Efficacy, hope, optimism and resilience at workplace-positive organisational behaviour. International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 3(10), 1-4.
Matos, P. S., Griffin, M. T. Q., Fitzpatrick, J., & Neushotz, L. A. (2010). An exploratory study of resilience and job satisfaction among psychiatric nurses working in inpatient units. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 19(5), 307-312.
Meng, Y., Qi, S. H., & Li, L. (2011). A study on the impact of hotel leaders’ psychological capital on employee engagement. Paper presented at the International Conference on Services Systems and Services Management, IEEE Publisher, Tianjin, China.
Meyer, J. P., & Allen, N. J. (1997). Commitment in the workplace: Theory, research, and application. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications Inc.
Meyer, J. P., & Herscovitch, L. (2001). Commitment in the workplace: Toward a general model. Human Resource Management Review, 11(3), 299-326.
Meyer, J., Allen, N., & Smith, C. (1993). Commitment to organisations and occupations: Extension and test of a three-component conceptualization. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78(4), 538-551.
Mirkamali, S. M., & Narenji, T. F. (2011). A study on the Quality of Work Life (QWL) among faculty members of University of Tehran (UT) and Sharif university of Technology (SUT). Procedia - Social and Behavioural Sciences, 29(1), 179-187.
Mowday, R., Porter, L., & Steers, R. (1982). Employee-organisation linkages: The psychology of commitment, absenteeism, and turnover. Cambridge, MA: Academic Press.
Nasab, S. H., Asgari, A., & Ayati, M. (2015). The relation between academic optimism and motivation of academic advancement with respect of mediating role of academic efficacy of the second grade students. International Journal of Social Science and Education, 5(4), 707-722.
Newman, A., Ucbasaran, D., Zhu F., & Hirst, G. (2014). Psychological capital: A review and synthesis. Journal of Organisational Behaviour, 35(1), 120-138.
Ngo, T. T. (2020). Psychological capital, work attitude and work performance of employees (Doctoral dissertation). Ho Chi Minh City Open University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Nguyen, T. H. N. (2015). Effect of job satisfaction on organisational commitment of pharmacists in foreign pharmaceutical companies in Ho Chi Minh City (Master’s thesis). University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Ngwenya, B., & Pelser, T. (2020). Impact of psychological capital on employee engagement-job satisfaction and employee performance. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 46(4), 1-12.
Peterson, C. M., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2003). Positive organisational studies: Lessons from positive psychology. In K. S. Cameron, J. E. Dutton & R. E. Quinn (Eds.), Positive organisational scholarship (pp. 14-27). San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler.
Price, J. L. (1997). Handbook of organisational measurement. International Journal of Manpower, 18(4/5/6), 305-558.
Robbins, S. P. (2003). Organisational behaviour (10th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Scheier, M. F., Carver, C. S., & Bridges, M. W. (2001). Optimism, pessimism, and psychological well-being. In E. C. Chang (Ed.), Optimism and pessimism: Implications for theory, research, and practice (pp. 189-216). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Seligman M. E. P. (1998). Learned optimism. New York, NY: Random House Inc.
Shahid, A., & Azhar, S. M. (2013). Gaining employee commitment: Linking to organisational effectiveness. Journal of Management Research, 5(1), 250-268.
Siu, O. L., Spector, P. E., Cooper, C. L., & Lu, C. Q. (2005). Work stress, self efficacy, Chinese work values, and work well-being in Hong Kong and Beijing. International Journal of Stress Management, 12(3), 274-288.
Smith, P. C., Kendall, L. M., & Hulin, C. L. (1969). Measurement of satisfaction in work and retirement. Chicago, IL: Rand McNally.
Snyder, C. R., Harris, C., Anderson, J. R., Holleran, S. A., Irving, L. M., Sigmon, S. T., … Harney, P. (1991). The will and the ways: Development and validation of an individual-differences measure of hope. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60(4), 570-585.
Spector, P. E. (1985). Measurement of human service staff satisfaction: Development of the job satisfaction survey. American Journal of Community Psychology, 13(6), 693-713.
Spector, P. E. (1997). Job satisfaction: Application, assessment, causes, and consequences. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publication Inc.
Spreitzer, G. M., & Porath, C. L. (2012). Creating sustainable performance. Harvard Business Review, 90(1/2), 92-99.
Tabachnick, B. G., & Fidell, L. S. (2013). Using multivariate statistics (6th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
Tran, A. T. H. (2018). Testing the mediating role of work engagement in the relationship between psychological capital and organisational commitment in enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City (Master’s thesis). University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Tran, D. K. (2005). Job satisfaction in a Vietnamese context. Journal of Economics Development, 181(11), 1-9.
Tran, D. K. (2006). The scale of consciousness of organisational commitment. Journal of Economics Development, 184(2), 50-52.
Vandenberg, R. J., & Lance, C. (1992). Examining the causal order of job satisfaction and organisational commitment. Journal of Management, 18(1), 153-167.
Vilela, B., González, J. A., & Varela, F. P. (2008). Person-organisation fit, OCB and performance appraisal: Evidence from matched supervisor-salesperson data set in a Spanish context. Industrial Marketing Management, 37(8), 1005-1079.
Vu, H. V., & Nguyen, T. V. (2018). The correlation among job satisfaction, organisational commitment and turnover intention - A case of technical staff in it infrastructure services sector. Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science, 13(2), 188-204.
Wood, S., & Wood, E. (1996). The world of psychology (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
Youssef, C. M., & Luthans, F. (2007). Positive organisational behaviour in the workplace: The impact of hope, optimism, and resilience. Journal of Management, 33(5), 774-800.
Yu, Y., & Dean, A. (2001). The contribution of emotional satisfaction to consumer loyalty. International Journal of Service Industry Management, 12(3), 234-250.

Downloads

Received: 26-07-2021
Accepted: 10-10-2021
Published: 22-02-2022

Statistics Views

Abstract: 588
PDF: 557
Crossref
Scopus
Google Scholar
Europe PMC

How to Cite

Nam, N. D., & Lan, U. T. N. (2022). The relationship between psychological capital, organisational commitment and job satisfaction in the fisheries sector - A case study of fisheries sub-department of Thai Binh Province. HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE - ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, 12(1), 148–164. https://doi.org/10.46223/HCMCOUJS.econ.en.12.1.2013.2022

License

Copyright (c) 2022 Nguyen Danh Nam; Uong Thi Ngoc Lan

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.