Nepotism, Cronyism, and Organizational Commitment among Rescue Workers: A Comparative Analysis of Contractual and Regular Employees
Contributors
- Ishtiaq Ahmad PhD Scholar, Department of Psychology, Hazara University Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
- Dr. Sumaira Naz Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Hazara University Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
- Dr. Shagufta Parveen Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Hazara University Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Abstract
This study focused on the relationship between perceived nepotism, organizational cronyism, and organizational commitment among Rescue 1122 workers, while comparing the relationships between these factors among workers with different types of employment (contractual and regular). The design used was quantitative and correlational, in which 400 rescue workers were selected from Pakistan with one year of work experience. Standardized self-report measures of nepotism, organizational cronyism and organizational commitment were used to gather data. Pearson product–moment correlations and covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB-SEM) were used to examine the hypothesized relationships. The results revealed that nepotism and cronyism negatively correlated with organizational commitment. Based on the structural model, organizational commitment was also found to be significantly positively predicted by job type (β = .127, p < .05). Organizational commitment was partially transmitted, as nepotism and cronyism were negatively related to commitment. The results show the importance of organizational experiences of emergency workers as a function of employment status. The available study results, however, do not report separate 'contractual' group-versus-'regular' group means, standard deviations, independent-samples tests, or effect sizes for the variables of interest, meaning that these statistics should be computed from the original data prior to making direct comparisons between groups.
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Corresponding Author
Ishtiaq Ahmad
PhD Scholar, Department of Psychology, Hazara University Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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