An Investigation into How Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment Affect Retention Decisions of Company Grade Officers in the Supply Career Field
Abstract
This thesis examined the retention decisions of company grade supply officers in the United States Air Force. Specifically, the relationships between organizational commitment and the components of job satisfaction were examined with three aspects of career intent: (1) intention to presently remain in supply, (2) intention to permanently remain in supply, and (3) intention to make the Air Force a career. Also, demographic variables about Air Force supply officers were collected and reported. Data collection was accomplished by survey method. The Job Descriptive Indices were used to measure the components of job satisfaction. Porter's Organizational Commitment Scale questionnaire was used to measure organizational commitment. Original questions were developed to measure the three aspects of career intent. Analysis of the data was accomplished using simple and multiple linear regression. The results of this investigation illustrate the varying abilities of organizational commitment and the components of job satisfaction to predict the different aspects of expressed career intent. The results indicate that the direct work related components of job satisfaction (work satisfaction, co-worker satisfaction, and supervision satisfaction) are most strongly related to and are the best predictors of expressed career intention to presently and permanently remain in supply, while organizational commitment is most strongly related to and is the best predictor of expressed career intention to make the Air Force a career.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA161156
Entities
People
- Mitchell M. Miller
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology