Which Personal and Organizational Factors Influence the Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction of Shipyard Blue-Collar Workers?

Adela Reig-Botella, Miguel Clemente, Sarah Detaille, Annet H. de Lange and Jaime López-Golpe
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Adela Reig-Botella: Department of Human Resource Management, HAN University of Applied Sciences in Nijmegen, 6525 EJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Miguel Clemente: Department of Psychology, Campus de A Coruña, Universidade da Coruña, 15701 A Coruña, Spain
Sarah Detaille: Department of Human Resource Management, HAN University of Applied Sciences in Nijmegen, 6525 EJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Annet H. de Lange: Department of Human Resource Management, HAN University of Applied Sciences in Nijmegen, 6525 EJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Jaime López-Golpe: Department of Psychology, Campus de A Coruña, Universidade da Coruña, 15701 A Coruña, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 8, 1-14

Abstract: Background: The purpose of this research was to analyze which personal and organizational factors are related to organizational commitment and job satisfaction of shipyard workers who work in different auxiliary shipyard military companies in the north of Spain. Methods: In total, 567 shipyard workers participated in this cross-sectional survey study. The ages were between 19 and 64 (M = 39.36, SD = 10.01), males 82.52%, females 17.48%. We used a survey that included questions about personal and organizational factors such as physical environment, occupational risks, and psychosocial risks, in addition to the job commitment and job satisfaction scales. Results: The results of this study show that job commitment is significantly related to a higher age, lower education, and environmental risk (low vs. high). Furthermore, job satisfaction (high vs. low) and organizational commitment (high vs. low) is related with environmental risk (low vs. high). Job commitment is also higher in workers with a low educational level and older workers. Job satisfaction is lower in workers with a high educational level. Conclusions: This study shows that different personal and environmental factors influence the shipyard workers’ organizational commitment and job satisfaction.

Keywords: blue-collar workers; job satisfaction; job commitment; personal and organizational factors; shipyard (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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