Self-Esteem Impact on Organizational Affective and Normative Commitment

  • Authors

    • Siti Sarawati Johar
    • Rosman Md. Yusoff
    • Fadillah Ismail
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.15.25764

    Received date: January 12, 2019

    Accepted date: January 12, 2019

    Published date: October 7, 2018

  • Self-esteem, Impact, Affective, Normative, Commitment.

  • Abstract

    Employees’ commitment cannot be denied contributing to organizational impactiveness. However, commitment can be affected if no emphasis is placed on psychological factors such as self-esteem. This study aims to investigate how self-esteem factor can influence the commitment by testing the impact of self-esteem on employee commitment to the organization. 196 of civil servants serving the Local Authority (PBT) in the southern zone of Peninsular Malaysia were chosen as respondents. Measuring tools used in this study were Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and Employee Commitment Survey Revised Version (ECS-R). The data was then analyzed using a simple regression analysis in SPSS. The results of the analysis showed that the self-esteem had a significant impact on affective and normative commitment. From the findings, it also shows that there is an influence relevant self-esteem on the two commitments to the organization namely affective and normative commitment. Hence, organizations need to realize that self-esteem is one of the basic toward formation of attitudes, behavior, personality and psychological reactions in the organization. In conclusion, efforts to help reinforce positive self-esteem among employees need to be addressed in the organization..

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    Sarawati Johar, S., Md. Yusoff, R., & Ismail, F. (2018). Self-Esteem Impact on Organizational Affective and Normative Commitment. International Journal of Engineering and Technology, 7(4.15), 502-504. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.15.25764