Employee engagement, organisational commitment, and job satisfaction in Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe: An exploratory study

Abstract

The goal of this study was to measure employee engagement (EE), organisational commitment (OC), and job satisfaction (JS) in Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. We surveyed a convenience sample of 631 employees (South Africa: n = 219; Namibia: n = 212; and Zimbabwe: n = 200). The employees completed a selection of items from the Employee Engagement Scale, the Organisational Commitment Scale, and the Job Satisfaction Scale. Following analysis of variance and t-tests, results t-tests showed between-country differences in EE, OC, and JS in which South African employees reported higher scores than those from Namibia and Zimbabwe. Macro-level economic factors may explain the country differences in EE, OC, and JS.

Keywords:

• employee engagement
• job satisfaction
• organisational commitment
• SADC

ORCID

Molefe Maleka http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1929-8532