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2 Technium Soc. Sci. J. 1 (2020)

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                                                        Technium Social Sciences Journal

     jISSN: 2668-7798
           SOCIAL SCIENCES JOURNAL                             www.techniumscience.com









Employee Commitment to Organizational Change with the

Role of Job Satisfaction and Transformational Leadership



              Nguyen Thi Bich Thuy
              Lac Hong University (Faculty of Administration-International Economics), Vietnam
              thuyntbklhu.edu.vn
              Phan Dang Ngoc Yen Van
              Lac Hong University (Faculty of Administration-International Economics), Vietnam

              vanpdny lhu.edu.vn



              Abstract. This study aimed to analyze the role of job satisfaction and transformation leadership
              for employees' commitment to organizational change. Based on a survey sample of 381
              employees in post-merger enterprises in retail and pharmaceutical sector and a linear regression
              model. The results revealed that Transformational leadership was associated positively and
              significantly with Affective Commitment (P = .42, p < .000), Nomative Commitment (P = .32,
              p < .000), and Continuance Commitment (P = .27, p < .000); Job satisfaction was associated
              positively and significantly with Affective Commitment (P = .24, p < .000) and Nomative
              Commitment (P = .30, p <.000) among employees' to organizational change. The results of this
              study provide a foundation of theory and practice for organizational changes that can efficiently
              exploit the human resource for the development in the next period.


              Keywords. job   satisfaction,  organizational  commitment,  organizational  change,
              transformational leadership, Vietnam


        Introduction
        Commitment is arguably one of the most critical factors involved in employees' support for
change initiatives (Herscovitch & Meyer, 2002). In the context of vibrant economic development in
Vietnam, where competition is taking place so fiercely that the result may be the acquisition of large
businesses for smaller businesses that often take place (Hosseini, Thu, & Trang, 2017; Vuong, Napier,

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