Job performance

Personnel psychology

Job satisfaction

Epistemology

Empirical research

Job attitude

Philosophy

Job design

Affective events theory

Psychology

Affect (linguistics)

Organizational commitment

Communication

Contextual performance

Social psychology

Frontiers in Psychology

We conducted an empirical study aimed at identifying and quantifying the relationship between work characteristics, organizational commitment, job satisfaction, job involvement and organizational policies and procedures in the transition economy of Serbia, South Eastern Europe. The study, which included 566 persons, employed by 8 companies, revealed that existing models of work motivation need to be adapted to fit the empirical data, resulting in a revised research model elaborated in the paper. In the proposed model, job involvement partially mediates the effect of job satisfaction on organizational commitment. Job satisfaction in Serbia is affected by work characteristics but, contrary to many studies conducted in developed economies, organizational policies and procedures do not seem significantly affect employee satisfaction.

Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment and Job Involvement: The Mediating Role of Job Involvement