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Work‐related attitudes and job characteristics of expatriates in Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Bhuian Shahid N.,
Alshammari Eid S.,
Jefri Omar A.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
thunderbird international business review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.553
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1520-6874
pISSN - 1096-4762
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6874(200101/02)43:1<21::aid-tie3>3.0.co;2-b
Subject(s) - demographics , job satisfaction , autonomy , organizational commitment , job design , variety (cybernetics) , psychology , personnel psychology , job attitude , sample (material) , job performance , social psychology , political science , demography , sociology , mathematics , statistics , chemistry , chromatography , law
This study investigates the influence of job satisfaction, job autonomy, job variety, task identity, feedback, and employee demographics on organizational commitment among self‐initiated expatriates (SIEs) in Saudi Arabia. An examination of a sample of 481 SIEs reveals that only job satisfaction and job variety are related to organizational commitment. The rest—job characteristics and demographics—are unrelated to organizational commitment. The findings and the anomalies of the findings are discussed. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.