Exploring the Impacts of Labor Migration and Job Satisfaction on Organizational Commitment of Foreign Workers in Taiwan’s Construction Industry: Employ Ability as a Moderator

Pei-Wen Liao

Department of Public Management and Policy, Tunghai University, Tunghai City, Taiwan.

DOI: 10.4236/ajibm.2015.53016                

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to understand employability into the moderator through which labor migration and job satisfaction are related to organizational commitment. A survey study was conducted on 440 Thai workers from construction industry in Taiwan. Using structural equation modeling (SEM), our analysis indicates that labor migration is significantly related to their feelings of satisfaction to the organizational commitment. After analyzing the survey questionnaires, we find the positive relationship among push migration, pull migration, interpersonal satisfaction, salary satisfaction, and organizational commitment. Furthermore, the result shows the positive significant moderating effects of employability on push migration and job satisfaction. However, the push migration has a significantly positive effect on job satisfaction in lower employability of foreign workers.

Keywords

Employability, Labor Migration, Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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