Consequences of job satisfaction at pyramid consulting viet nam LTD

RESEARCH PROJECT (BMBR5103) CONSEQUENCES OF JOB SATISFACTION AT PYRAMID CONSULTING VIET NAM LTD STUDENT’S FULL NAME : TRUONG QUANG VINH STUDENT ID : CGS00018521 INTAKE : SEPTEMBER, 2014 ADVISOR’S NAME & TITLE : NGUYEN THE KHAI, DBA September 2015 Advisor’s Assessment - Advisor’s signature Page of 65 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This research is made possible through the help and support from everyone, including: teacher, family, friends and in essence, all sentient beings Especially, please allow me to dedicate my acknowledgment of gratitude toward the following significant advisors and contributors: First and foremost, I express deep and sincere gratitude to Dr Nguyen The Khai for his most support, guidance, encouragement, suggestion and very constructive criticism have contributed immensely to the evolution of my ideas on the research Second, I am very much thankful to Ms Do Thi Thanh Truc for her valuable guicance, keen interest and encouragement at various stages of my data analysis on SPSS software Finally, thanks to the board of managers and all employees of PYRAMID CONSULTING VIET NAM LTD., and all of my friends for their precious comments and helps to collect data for this thesis Page of 65 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF TABLES ABSTRACT Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Motivation of the study 1.2 Significance of the study 1.3 Purpose of the study 10 1.4 Question of the study 10 1.5 Introduction of Pyramid 10 1.5.1 Company overview 10 The history of formation and development of the company 11 Vision 12 Mission 13 Core Value 13 Products/Services 13 Organization chart 15 1.5.2 Personnel structure 17 Chapter 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 18 2.1 Job satisfaction 18 2.2 Organizational commitment 20 2.3 Positive work behaviors 22 2.4 Voice behaviors 23 2.5 Helping behaviors 24 2.6 The relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment 26 2.7 The relationship between job satisfaction and positive work behaviors 26 2.8 The relationship between job satisfaction and voice behaviors 27 2.9 The relationship between job satisfaction and helping behaviors 27 Chapter 3: RESEARCH MODEL AND HYPOTHESES 29 3.1 Research model 29 3.1.1 Independent Variable 29 Page of 65 3.1.2 Dependent Variables 29 3.2 Research Hypotheses 30 3.3 Instruments 31 3.4 Research Participants 33 3.5 Procedure for Data Collection and Analyze 33 Chapter 4: RESULTS AND FINDINGS 35 4.1 Reliability statistic 35 4.2 Descriptive statistic 36 4.3 Correlation statistic 36 4.4 Hypothesis Testing Result 38 4.4.1 Hypothesis Testing Result 38 4.4.2 Hypothesis Testing Result 39 4.4.3 Hypothesis Testing Result 40 4.4.4 Hypothesis Testing Result 41 5.1 Summary and Discussion 43 5.2 Management Implications 44 5.3 Limitations and Further Research Recommendations 45 REFERENCES 47 APPENDIX A 54 APPENDIX B 60 Page of 65 LIST OF FIGURES Figure – Organization chart of Pyramid Consulting Vietnam Ltd 15 Figure – Organization chart of Pyramid Consulting Vietnam Ltd 16 Figure – Proposed Research Model of consequences of job satisfaction in Pyramid .29 Page of 65 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Product/Services of Pyramid Company 14 Table 2: Employees by Age-range 17 Table 3: Employee by Gender 17 Table 4: Employees by Degree 17 Table 5: Reliability statistics 35 Table 6: Descriptive statistics 36 Table 7: Correlations 37 Table 8: Model Summary (H1) 38 Table 9: Coefficientsa (H1) .38 Table 10: Model Summary (H2) .39 Table 11: Coefficientsa (H2) .39 Table 12: Model Summary (H3) .40 Table 13: Coefficientsa (H3) .40 Table 14: Model Summary (H4) .41 Table 15: Coefficients a (H4) 41 Page of 65 ABSTRACT This study examined the impact of job satisfaction on organizational commitment, positive work behaviors, voice and helping behaviors in Pyramid Consulting Viet Nam ltd Data was collected through the use of standardized questionnaires Questionnaires were given personally to 295 employee of Pyramid Company; there were 309 questionnaires returning and completely responses were used for the statistical analysis The collected data were computed and analyzed through factor analysis, Cronbach’s Alpha, descriptive statistics, correlation, and multiple regression analysis Result: The results supported the hypothesis that job satisfaction has significant relationship with organizational commitment, positive work behaviors, voice and helping behaviors Conclusion: The results can provide the reference for Management Team about the relationship between Job Satisfaction (JS) with Organizational Commitment (OC), Positive Work Behaviors (PB), Voice Behaviors (VB), and Helping Behaviors (HB) in Pyramid Company This research would help Pyramid Company to reform human resource strategies that involved work factors such as positive work behaviors or voice and helping behaviors to improve the management of human resource development These strategies would help in influencing positive behaviors among employees, and hence achieve effectiveness and high productivity in the organization This result of study has valuable implications for the Human Resources Department of Pyramid Company to improve its policies in order to improve job satisfaction Keywords: Job satisfaction, organizational commitment, positive work behaviors, voice behaviors, helping behaviors Page of 65 Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION Pyramid Consulting Vietnam currently is one of the largest web development companies in Vietnam, and is the only company that provides marketing services and e-business With the level of service is designed to assist international customers, Pyramid offers consulting services that take advantage of the cost and benefits of external resources Pyramid has made accents and effort to build and create jobs for more fourteen thousand employees and workers One of the reasons for the success of Pyramid is the number of employees This study explored job satisfaction support on organizational commitment, positive work behaviors, voice and helping behaviors at Pyramid Company This chapter also presents the motivation of the study, significant of the study, purpose of the study, the questions of the study and the key words of study 1.1 Motivation of the study Organizational goal of high priority is attainment of a high level performance through productivity and efficiency In order to that highly satisfied work force is an absolutely necessity for achieving a high level of performance advancement of an organization Higher satisfaction of worker may lead to higher job performance, then the company could growth better Thus every organization tries to create a satisfied work force to operate the well-developing of the organization How does the organization create employee job satisfaction? This question is what heads of an organization are interested in Therefore, the relationship between employee job satisfaction and organization commitment are necessary and should be focused In fact, a lot of organization didn't satisfy the employee job satisfaction related promotion, salary so on Job satisfaction has been an important focal point for organizational and industrial psychology In defining job satisfaction the reference is often made to Locke’s Page of 65 (1976) description of job satisfaction as a “pleasurable or positive emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one’s job or job experiences” (Jex 2002 p.116) The appraisal involves various elements related to the job such as salary, working conditions, colleagues and boss, career prospects and, of course, the intrinsic aspects of the job itself (Arnold et al 1998 p 204) In recent years, human resource reports usually state that the number of employees who does not understand clearly the job in the group is increasing as well as the number of employees quit job gets increase That may lead the company to critical impact of leaking its skilled and well trained workforce Not only that, it will take huge invisible cost for the company if these well trained and qualified employees run out of the company and come to work for the competitors An employee's overall satisfaction with his job can impact to the factors such as organizational commitment, positive work behaviors, voice and helping behaviors Management's role in enhancing employees' job satisfaction is to make sure they have positive work behaviors, voice and helping behaviors to encourage the employee to accomplish the tasks they have been assigned In order to help the management team have an overview of the effect of job satisfaction on organizational commitment, positive work behaviors, voice behaviors, and helping behaviors in the organization, this study assess the validity of the relationship among them in Pyramid Company working environment 1.2 Significance of the study This research is conducted in order to have an understanding of the effect of job satisfaction on organizational commitment, positive work behaviors, voices behaviors and helping behaviors To let the management of the company to have a clearer view of problems that affected the increasing employee turnover in the company This research focus on the opinion of employees in Pyramid Company about the impact of job satisfaction on organizational commitment, positive work behaviors, voice behaviors, and helping behaviors Page of 65 control in organizations California Management Review, 31, 9-25 O’Reilly C., & Chatman, J (1986) Organizational commitment and psychological attachment: The effects of compliance, identification, and internalization on prosocial behavior Journal of Applied Psychology 71, 492-499 Organ, D W (1988) Organizational citizenship behavior: The good soldier syndrome Lexington, MA: Lexington Books Podsakoff, P M., & MacKenzie, S B 1994 Organizational citizenship behaviors and sales unit effectiveness Journal of Marketing Research, 3(1): 351–363 Porter, L.W.; 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All in all, how satisfied are you with your supervisor? All in all, how satisfied are you with your job? Page 54 of 65 All in all, how satisfied are you with this  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5)  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5)  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5)  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5) Never Someti mes (3) Almost often (4) Very often (1) Almost never (2)  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5)  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5) organization, compared to most? Considering your skills and the effort you put into your work, how satisfied are you with your pay? How satisfied you feel with the progress you have made in this organization up to now? How satisfied you feel with your chance for getting ahead in this organization in the future? In the past twelve months, how often have (5) you done more work than required? In the past twelve months, how often have you volunteered to work Page 55 of 65 overtime? 10 In the past twelve months, how often have  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5)  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5)  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5) Neutral Agree (3) (4) Strongly Agree (5) you made attempts to change work conditions? 11 In the past twelve months, how often have you negotiated with supervisors to improve job? 12 In the past twelve months, how often have you tried to think of ways to the job better? Strongly disagree (1) Disagre e (2) 13 I am willing to work harder than I have to in  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5)  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5)  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5) order to help this organization succeed 14 I feel very little loyalty to this organization (R) 15 I would take almost any job to keep working for Page 56 of 65 this organization 16 I find that my values and the organizations are  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5)  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5)  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5)  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5)  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5)  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5) very similar 17 I am proud to be working for this organization 18 I would turn down another job for more pay in order to stay with this organization 19 This particular coworker develops and make recommendations concerning issues that affect this work group 20 This particular coworker speaks up and encourages others in this group to get involved in issues that affect this group 21 This particular coworker communicates his/her opinions about work issues to theirs in this group even if his/her opinion is different and others in this group Page 57 of 65 disagree with him/her 22 This particular coworker keeps well  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5) Strongly disagree (1) Disagre e Neutral Agree (3) (4) Strongly Agree (5) informed about issues where his/her opinion might be useful to this work group (2) 23 This particular coworker gets involved  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5)  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5)  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5)  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5) with issues that affect the quality of life here in this group 24 This particular coworker speaks up in this group with ideas for new projects or changes in procedures 25 This particular coworker volunteers to things for this work group 26 This particular coworker helps orient new employees in this group Page 58 of 65 27 This particular coworker attends functions  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5)  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5)  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5)  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5)  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5) that help the work group 28 This particular coworker assists others in this group with their work for the benefit of the work group 29 This particular coworker gets involved to benefit this work group 30 This particular coworker helps others in this group learn about the work 31 This particular coworker helps others in this group with their work responsibilities - Thank you for your time! - Page 59 of 65 APPENDIX B PRESENTATION SLIDES Page 60 of 65 Page 61 of 65 Page 62 of 65 Page 63 of 65 Page 64 of 65 Page 65 of 65 [...]... commitment of employees at Pyramid Company? - How is the impact of job satisfaction on positive work behaviors of employees at Pyramid Company? - How is the impact of job satisfaction on voice behaviors of employees at Pyramid Company? - How is the impact of job satisfaction on helping behaviors of employees at Pyramid Company? 1.5 Introduction of Pyramid 1.5.1 Company overview Company name: Pyramid Consulting. .. towards the job indicate job satisfaction Negative and unfavorable attitudes towards the job indicate job dissatisfaction (Armstrong, 2006) Job satisfaction is the collection of feeling and beliefs that people have about their current job People’s levels of degrees of job satisfaction can range from extreme satisfaction to extreme dissatisfaction In addition to having attitudes about their jobs as a... 1964) Page 18 of 65 One of the most often cited definitions on job satisfaction is the one given by Spector according to whom job satisfaction has to do with the way how people feel about their job and its various aspects It has to do with the extent to which people like one dislike their job That's why job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction can appear in any given work situation Job satisfaction represents... Job satisfaction Job satisfaction has been an important focal point for organizational and industrial psychology In defining job satisfaction the reference is often made to Locke’s (1976) description of job satisfaction as a “pleasurable or positive emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one’s job or job experiences” (Jex 2002 p.116) The appraisal involves various elements related to the job. .. under the influence of many external factors, it remains something internal that has to do with the way how the employee feels That is job satisfaction presents a set of factors that cause a feeling of satisfaction Vroom in his definition on job satisfaction focuses on the role of the employee in the workplace Thus he defines job satisfaction as affective orientations on the part of individuals toward... customers, Pyramid offers consulting services that take advantage of the cost and benefits of external resources Vision Pyramid Consulting Vietnam is a Premium Digital Consulting Company, a global enterprise with the necessary skills and capacity to fulfill client digital deliverables at competitive prices Building on 16 years of operation, Pyramid Consulting Vietnam has broadened its initial service of web... When analyzing job satisfaction the logic that a satisfied employee is a happy employee and a happy employee is a successful employee Factors of job satisfaction Job satisfaction is under the influence of a series of factors such as: The nature of work, Salary, Advancement opportunities, Management, Work groups and Work conditions 2.2 Organizational commitment The concept of organizational commitment... contextual performance 2.6 The relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment Buchko, Weinzimmer and Sergeyev (1998) investigated the relationship between the job satisfaction and organizational commitment in a privatized Russian organization According to the result, there was positive and significant correlation between job satisfaction and organizational commitment Similarly, Glisson... Behaviors Page 29 of 65 3.2 Research Hypotheses According to Rothmann and Coetzer (2002), job satisfaction among employees is an indicator of organizational effectiveness, and it is influenced by organizational and personal factors Most employers realize that the optimal functioning of their organization depends in part on the level of job satisfaction of employees, hence the emergence of the statement, “Happy... and, of course, the intrinsic aspects of the job itself (Arnold et al 1998 p 204) Different authors have different approaches towards defining job satisfaction Hoppock defined job satisfaction as any combination of psychological, physiological and environmental circumstances that cause a person truthfully to say I am satisfied with my job (Hoppock, 1935) According to this approach although job satisfaction ... Organization chart of Pyramid Consulting Vietnam Ltd 15 Figure – Organization chart of Pyramid Consulting Vietnam Ltd 16 Figure – Proposed Research Model of consequences of job satisfaction. .. favorable attitudes towards the job indicate job satisfaction Negative and unfavorable attitudes towards the job indicate job dissatisfaction (Armstrong, 2006) Job satisfaction is the collection of. .. dislike their job That's why job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction can appear in any given work situation Job satisfaction represents a combination of positive or negative feelings that workers