The influence of quality of work life on organizational commitment: A study on academic staff in public institution of higher learning in Malaysia

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between quality of work life with organizational commitment amongst academic staff in one of the leading public institutions of higher learning in Malaysia. Data were gathered from a survey instrument used to measure the perception of academic staff on their quality of work life and its relationship to organizational commitment. A total of 300 sets of questionnaire were distributed to academic staff in selected faculties and 170 useable questionnaires were used for statistical analysis. The regression results indicated that the levels of quality of work life were found to be favorable and organizational commitment among staff were moderate. The results also suggested that participation was the most important factor that influence commitment followed by growth and development.