The Effects of Organizational Climate on Job Involvement-Job Security and Organizational Commitment as Mediators
林忠德、魏志雄
E-mail: 365851@mail.dyu.edu.tw
ABSTRACT
The purpose of the research is to explore the relationships among the organizational climate, job security, organizational
commitment, and job involvement. It further varifies the mediating effects of job security and organizational commitment between organizational climate and job involvement. In this study, principal insurance practi-tioners were recruited as the research subjects.
Through purposive sampling, a total of 530 questionnaires were sent out, and 399 valid questionnaires were retrived. The valid response rate is 75.3%. The results showed that: (1) there is a significant positive rela-tionship between organizational climate and job involvement ; (2) there is a significant positive relationship between organizational climate and job security; (3) there is a sig-nificant positive relationship between job security and job involvement; (4) there is a significant positive relationship between organizational climate and organizational commitment; (5) there is a significant positive relationship between organizational commitment and job involvement; (6) job security has mediating effects between orga-nizational climate and job involvement; (7) organizational commitment has mediating effects between organizational climate and job involvement. In the end of this study, management practices and recommendations are proposed.
Keywords : Organizational Climate、Job Security、Organizational Commitment、Job Involvement Table of Contents
封面內頁 簽名頁 中文摘要 ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． iii 英文摘要 ．．．．．．．．．．．．．
．．．．．．．． iv 誌謝辭 ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． v 內容目錄 ．．．．．．．．．．．．
．．．．．．．．． vi 圖目錄 ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． viii 表目錄 ．．．．．．．．．．．．
．．．．．．．．． ix 第一章 緒論．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 1 第一節 研究背景與動機．．
．．．．．．．．．． 1 第二節 研究問題與目的．．．．．．．．．．．． 5 第二章 文獻探討．．．．．．
．．．．．．．．．．． 7 第一節 組織氣候．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 7 第二節 工作投入．．．
．．．．．．．．．．．． 13 第三節 工作安全感．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 20 第四節 組織承諾．．．．．．．．
．．．．．．． 23 第五節 變數間之關係與假設．．．．．．．．．． 25 第三章 研究方法．．．．．．．．．．．．
．．．．． 35 第一節 研究架構．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 35 第二節 樣本與資料收集．．．．．
．．．．．．． 36 第三節 變數定義與衡量工具．．．．．．．．．． 37 第四節 資料分析方法．．．．．．．．．．．
．． 42 第四章 資料分析與結果．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 45 第一節 敘述性統計分析．．．．．．．．
．．．． 45 第二節 信效度分析．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 52 第三節 相關分析．．．．．．．．．．．．．
．． 60 第四節 迴歸分析．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 63 第五節 共同方法變異分析．．．．．．．．．．． 69 第六節 研究假設結果彙整．．．．．．．．．．． 70 第五章 結論與建議．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 71 第一節 研究結論．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 71 第二節 管理實務．．．．．．．．．．．．．．
． 73 第三節 研究限制與建議．．．．．．．．．．．． 76 參考文獻．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．
79 附錄 研究問卷．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 92 REFERENCES
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