The Relationship between Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, and Turnover Intention of Doctoral Lecturers: A Case Study of Universities in Mianyang, China

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  • Zaiping Jing
  • Sarana Photchanachan

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Keywords: Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, Turnover Intention

Abstract

This article aimed to investigate the relationship between organizational commitment and job satisfaction towards doctoral lecturers’ turnover intention in Mianyang, China. From the target population of 904 doctoral lecturers who has been working in 9 universities in Mianyang, China, there were 302 samples selected by adopting purposive sampling method according to Yamane’s Equation Formula. The instrument for collecting data was a questionnaire. This study was a quantitative research by using survey. The main tools of analysis were frequency, percent and linear regression analysis to test variables and to test hypothesis. All tests were based on 0.05 level of significance. From the analysis results, Doctoral lecturers’ job satisfaction, organizational commitment had negative relationship on turnover intention. There was significant relationship between doctoral lecturers’ job satisfaction, organizational commitment and turnover intention. Therefore, it also recommended among others that governments, society, and universities should pay more attention to doctoral lecturers’ job satisfaction, effectively prevent them from forming a turnover intention, and stabilize them as a team. The university should develop the management countermeasures of young doctoral teachers from reducing the wastage rate to monitoring and managing the turnover intention, warning the brain drain crisis in time, making good plans ahead of time, and promoting the university to improve the talent growth environment. And universities need to improve the talent-growing environment and the management level, promoting the sustainable development of doctoral lecturers.

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2022-04-06 — Updated on 2022-06-04

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Jing, Z. ., & Photchanachan, S. . (2022). The Relationship between Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, and Turnover Intention of Doctoral Lecturers: A Case Study of Universities in Mianyang, China. Nimitmai Review Journal, 5(1), 22–31. Retrieved from https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/nmrj/article/view/253335 (Original work published April 6, 2022)

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