The Effects of the Organizational Psychological Capital on the attitudes of Commitment and Satisfaction: A Public Sample in Turkey

Abstract

Organizational psychological capital is employee’s psychological states beyond intellectual capital in obtaining and sustaining the competitive advantage. The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of hope, resilience, optimism and self efficacy sub dimensions of the psychological capital on the attitudes of organizational commitment and job satisfaction. The survey method was used with using a questionnaire including Organizational Psychological Capital Scale, Organizational Commitment Scale and Job Satisfaction Scale with demographic information. Data were collected from 213 employees working different units in ministries and connected institutions in Ankara. Confirmative factor analysis and structural equating modeling were employed with using Amos v.16.0. The results showed that organizational commitment has positive relationship between hope and optimism dimensions and job satisfaction has positive relationship between resilience, hope and optimism dimensions of the organizational psychological capital. Ultimately organizational psychological capital was found a significant predictor of the employee attitudes of organizational commitment and job satisfaction.

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