International Journal of Management and Business Studies

International Journal of Management and Business Studies ISSN 2167-0439 Vol. 13 (3), pp. 001-012, March, 2024. Available online at www.internationalscholarsjournals.org © International Scholars Journals

Full Length Research Paper

Unpacking the drivers of affective organizational commitment and turnover intentions in Malaysian academic settings: An organizational support theory approach

Lew Tek Yew

School of Business, Curtin University of Technology, CDT 250, 98009 Miri Sarawak, Malaysia. E-mail:

[email protected]. Tel.: 6-085-443123. Fax: 6-085-443950.

Accepted 25 June, 2023

Abstract

This study aims to test the structural model that explains the relationships between career development opportunities, POS, felt obligation, affective organizational commitment and turnover intention of academics working for one of the foreign offshore campuses of Australian universities in Malaysia. This study is driven theoretically by the social exchange theory and the organizational support theory. The structural equation modeling (SEM) method was used to test the fitness of the structural model and the hypothesized model represented a good fit to the data. This paper contributes to the limited body of knowledge about the psychological processes underlying the formation of organizational commitment through the perspectives of the social exchange theory (Blau, 1964) and the organizational support theory (Eisenberger et al., 1986; Eisenberger et al., 2001).

Key words:  Perceived organizational support, affective organizational commitment, turnover intention.