Examination the influences of personal value and job satisfaction dimensions on professional commitment

Abstract

This study aims to examine the influences of Personal Value and Job Satisfaction dimensions on Professional Commitment. The research was conducted at 33 private universities in West Jakarta and used as many as 288 lecturers who had not yet had the Certificate of Functional Position. The statistical analysis technique was used the Partial Least Squares – Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) to examine the direct and indirect influences of Personal Value and Job Satisfaction on Professional Commitment, and further detailed analysis was conducted to find which dimensions of personal value and job satisfaction played a significant role in professional commitment. This research showed that Personal Value and Job Satisfaction had significant direct positive influences on Professional Commitment, but only certain dimensions had significant influences on Professional Commitment. This research recommends that it is necessary to strengthen the significant dimensions of Personal Value and Job Satisfaction to increase lecturers’ Professional Commitment.

Keywords

• Professional commitment
• personal value
• job satisfaction
• path analysis
• private universities in west Jakarta
• Dorothy Chen, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan