THE MEDIATING EFFECT OF EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN QUICK-FIX MENTALITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT WITH ORGANIZATIONAL TRUST

Abstract

Extrinsic motivation can have a critical role amongst academics in today’s world of material importance and it can have a very humongous influence on organizational commitment and trust. Money is perceived as the most valuable factor that extrinsically motivates academics, but the notion of job safety has been uplifted as the most important factor. Hence, this paper aims to discuss the mediating effect of extrinsic motivation on the relationship between a quick-fix mentality and organizational commitment to organizational trust. The data for this paper is from a questionnaire survey amongst 314 academics in selected public universities in Selangor, Malaysia. The research is designed deductively in which the samples were selected based on their preset criteria and further conveniently sampled. Data obtained were further analyzed statistically in structural equation modeling to evaluate and calculate the mediating effects of extrinsic motivation on the relationship between organizational commitment and organizational trust. The findings indicate that Quick-fix mentality alone does not significantly influence organizational trust, but in the presence of the mediating variable of extrinsic Motivation, the relationship between Quick-fix mentality and organizational trust becomes statistically significant. In addition, extrinsic motivation partially mediates the relationship between organizational commitment and organizational trust. It is shown that there is a significant total effect of organizational commitment on organizational trust, where extrinsic motivation plays a partial mediating role. The direct effect remains substantial, implying that factors beyond Extrinsic motivation contribute to the overall influence of organizational commitment on organizational trust. These insights underscore the nuanced nature of the relationships within organizational dynamics and may have implications for organizational strategies aimed at enhancing trust through commitment.