Abstract

MOSHABI, Chuene S.; SCHULTZ, Cecile M.  and  DU PLESSIS, Francisca. The relationship between organisational commitment, job satisfaction and employee retention of detectives in the SAPS in the City of Tshwane. SAJHRM [online]. 2024, vol.22, pp.1-9. ISSN 2071-078X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajhrm.v22i0.2266.

ORIENTATION: Findings on the relationship between organisational commitment, job satisfaction, and employee retention have been inconsistent RESEARCH PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between organisational commitment, job satisfaction, and employee retention among detectives in the South African Police Service (SAPS MOTIVATION FOR THE STUDY: There has been little, if any, research on the relationship between organisational commitment, job satisfaction, and employee retention among SAPS's detectives and on job satisfaction as a mediating variable in this context RESEARCH APPROACH/DESIGN AND METHOD: A survey research design, as well as a cross-sectional research design within Positivism, was used in this study. The study followed a quantitative research method. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to analyse the data MAIN FINDINGS: There was no significant evidence for job satisfaction as a mediator between organisational commitment and employee retention. The results indicated some positive relationships between job satisfaction and organisational commitment as well as between job satisfaction and employee retention. There was no positive relationship between organisational commitment and employee retention PRACTICAL/MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS: Should the SAPS management not take note of the relationship that organisational commitment has with job satisfaction, it could harm the way detectives perceive their payment, supervision, co-workers, workload, and communication CONTRIBUTION/VALUE-ADD: New nuances of the relationship between organisational commitment, job satisfaction, and employee retention were discovered

Keywords : organisational commitment; employee retention; job satisfaction; detectives; South African Police Service; City of Tshwane.

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