The impact of job satisfaction and organization commitment on employees’ intention to leave their job

Abstract

This study investigated the relationships among employees’ job satisfaction, turnover intention and organizational commitment. The study also examined the influence of employees’ job satisfaction and turnover intention on organizational commitment. The primary data was obtained utilizing survey. The study used a sample which consists of 150 full-time employed employees which are drawn from (Alobeikan Company) a private company in Jeddah. The sample was selected randomly. Employees responded to items on Job Satisfaction Scale, Turnover Intention Scale, and the Organizational Commitment Scale to analyze collected data. Hypotheses were tested and the results show that there is a strong positive relationship between employees’ job satisfaction and turnover intention. Significant relationship was found between employees ‘job satisfaction and organizational commitment. There exists significant relationship between turnover intention and organizational commitment. Also there was an influence of employees ‘job satisfaction and turnover intention on organizational commitment. It was recommended that the company management must make sure that staff is satisfied with their jobs and perceive their daily work at all-time; this will reduce turnover intention of the workers.