The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction on the Relationship Between Perceived Organizational Support and Affective Commitment: A Research in the Public Sector

Abstract

Employee’s perception of organizational support is related to general beliefs concerning the extend to which organization values their contribution or cares about their well-being. Perceived organizational support is strongly associated with affective commitment which is one of the dimensions of organizational commitment. In particular, the role of job satisfaction of employees in this relationship are found quite a few in the literature. Some researchers thought it would be a mediating role on the relationship between perceived organizational support and affective commitment. Consequently, the mediating role of job satisfaction on the relationship between perceived organizational support and affective commitment were examined in a largescale public institution. The relationships between the variables were measured using structural equation modeling (SEM) with the data which is obtained from 844 employees. According to the findings of SEM, perceived organizational support have a significant and positive impact on employee’s affective commitment and job satisfaction. Job satisfaction have a significant and positive impact on affective commitment. It was also determined that perceived organizational support have impact on affective commitment through the partially mediating role of job satisfaction.