The Mediating Role of Leader Member Exchange in the Relationship between Job Characteristics and Organisational Commitment:ACase of Ugandan Public Universities

Authors

  • Simon Odera Sabana Makerere University
  • Nicola Muwanga Makerere University

Keywords:

Leader Member Exchange, Job characteristic and Organizational commitment

Abstract

In a major education set up and work environment management, leadership support concerns of academic staff in public Universities
in Uganda are slowly emerging as a major inhibitor to job satisfaction, organization commitment which has led to occupational stress, employee turnover, burn out and brain drain . Many scholars have argued that consideration of job characteristics as means of enriching jobs and ultimate personal job fit on employees (academic staff) would lead to organizational commitment. It is on this premise that this study is aimed at examining the relationship between job characteristic and organizational commitment and the role of leader member exchange in the relationship between Job characteristic and organizational commitment of academic staff. Data were collected from a population of 1935 academic staff from three public universities in Kampala, Uganda with a sample size of 260 academic staff using the
proportionate sampling technique. The study found that job characteristic and Leader Member Exchange were positively related with organizational commitment; however the contribution of the two variables on organization commitment was quite small with a variance of 13%. Findings further revealed that Leader Member Exchange mediates the relationship between job characteristic and organizational commitment. Academic staff felt that job fit was not enough for them to realize organizational commitment especially affective commitment. There was need for leadership support, trust, profession, mutual contribution, and constant communication in form of leader member exchange on academic staff development, and enhancement of organization commitment at the Universities.

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Author Biographies

Simon Odera Sabana, Makerere University

The Mediating Role of Leader Member Exchange in the Relationship

Nicola Muwanga, Makerere University

The Mediating Role of Leader Member Exchange in the Relationship.

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Published

2013-12-31

How to Cite

Sabana, S. O. ., & Muwanga, N. . (2013). The Mediating Role of Leader Member Exchange in the Relationship between Job Characteristics and Organisational Commitment:ACase of Ugandan Public Universities. Operations Research Society of Eastern Africa, 3(3), 23-47. Retrieved from https://orseajournal.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/orsea/article/view/8