The effect of Job Design and Organizational Commitment to Employee Retention in a Lighting Company
Andy Soenanta, Maruf Akbar, Tuty Sariwulan

Universitas Negeri Jakarta

Abstract

The objective of this research is to study the effect of the job design and organizational commitment to employee^s retention in a lighting company, which faced a high employee turnover in the last 5 years. Quantitative approach used in this research with survey method. The samples of this research were 204 employees selected randomly. The data were obtained by distributing questionnaire and analyzed by using path analysis. The result of the research can be conclude that: 1) the job design and organizational commitment had a positive direct effect on employee^s retention- 2) job design had a positive direct effect on organizational commitment. Therefore to improve employee^s retention, job design and organizational commitment should be improved. Company did not see job design as important factor, which resulted above 10% employee turnover every year. Knowledge about how to create a good job design is still limited both on practical and literature due to this common mistake understanding. This aspect open for further study.

Keywords: lighting company, quantitative approach, high employee turnover, limited knowledge of job design

Topic: Humanity and Social Science