THE GAP VALUES THAT BIND: PERSONAL VALUES AND ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT IN MALAYSIAN CONSTRUCTION
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https://doi.org/10.35631/IJIREV.825001Keywords:
Organisational Commitment, Personal Value (Achievement), Personal Value (Benevolence), Value (Self-Direction), Personal Value (Stimulation), Personal Value (Universalism)Abstract
The primary objective of this study is to investigate the correlation between personal values (stimulation, universalism, achievement, benevolence, and self-direction) and organizational commitment for local technical personnel at a selected construction company. The literature review indicates that there is limited research examining the relationship between the studied variables within the Malaysian social and cultural context, specifically from the perspective of local workers in the construction industry. Data were analysed utilizing Statistical Package for Social Science 26 (SPSS26) to evaluate the factors impacting organizational commitment in this context. This study enhances the existing evidence that personal values are important to organizational commitment, with practical implications for recruitment, regulation, and policy development, particularly in how these values can be integrated into hiring practices and organizational policies to improve employee retention in the Malaysian construction industry.
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