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dc.contributor.advisorBosman, J.
dc.contributor.authorThinane, Sedibeng Gloria
dc.date.accessioned2009-11-10T07:53:00Z
dc.date.available2009-11-10T07:53:00Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/2451
dc.descriptionThesis (M.A. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2006.en
dc.description.abstractA new era dawned for the higher education system in South Africa, after approval was announced by Cabinet regarding the final proposals for the restructuring of the higher education institutional landscape in December 2002, which required merging to take place between various higher educational institutions. Mergers are intrinsically stressful for employees due to the potential for change and loss, as well as the perceived decline in the organisation and a highly competitive labour market. A stable and productive higher education system is of fundamental importance to any country to ensure continuous development at economic, social and political level, hence the importance of this research. The objectives of this study were to establish the relationship between job insecurity, job satisfaction, organisational commitment, burnout, and work engagement of personnel (N = 83) after an incorporation of two tertiary educational institutions, and to determine whether job insecurity can be used to predict job satisfaction, organisational commitment, burnout, and work engagement. A cross-sectional survey design was used. The study population included both academic and non-academic staff members of the two institutions. Job insecurity was found to be practically significantly related to a reduction in intrinsic job satisfaction. No statistically significant relationship was found between job insecurity and extrinsic job satisfaction, between job insecurity and organisational commitment, and between job insecurity and the exhaustion component of burnout. Job insecurity was found to be practically significantly related to increased levels of cynicism and decreased levels of work engagement. Regression analyses, controlling for the influence of demographic variables, indicated that job insecurity held predictive value with regard to intrinsic job satisfaction (lo%), cynicism (7%), vigour (l8%), dedication (7%) and absorption (10%).
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherNorth-West Universityen_US
dc.subjectJob insecurityen
dc.subjectJob satisfactionen
dc.subjectOrganisational commitmenten
dc.subjectBurnouten
dc.subjectWork engagementen
dc.subjectTertiary educationen
dc.titleJob insecurity, job satisfaction, organisational commitment, burnout and work engagement of personnel after an incorporation of tertiary educational institutionsen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.description.thesistypeMasters


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