The Effects of Perceived Organizational Support, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment on Job Performance in Bulk Shipping

Nowadays, bulk shipping industry is extremely competitiveness. The company needs to become truly global and extracts human resource talents from all over the globe. Therefore, human resource policies play a major role to becoming more adjusted to this global reality. Practitioners and researchers have been trying to understand and influence employee attitudes because of their relationships with important employees and organizational outcomes. To the best of the author knowledge, this study was the first attempt to examine the relationships between perceived organizational support, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and job performance from a seafarer's perspective in the bulk shipping context. The study was examined using survey data, collected from 133 seafarers working for two bulk shipping companies in Taiwan. Regression analysis was used to examine the effects of perceived organizational support, job satisfaction and organizational commitment then the later two on job performance. The results indicated that perceived organizational support positively affect job satisfaction and organizational commitment, while job satisfaction and organizational commitment positively affect job performance. The implications for increasing seafarer job performance in bulk shipping operations and their contribution to the development of human resource management are discussed.

Nowadays, bulk shipping industry is extremely competitiveness. The company needs to become truly global and extracts human resource talents from all over the globe. Therefore, human resource policies play a major role to becoming more adjusted to this global reality. Practitioners and researchers have been trying to understand and influence employee attitudes because of their relationships with important employees and organizational outcomes. To the best of the author knowledge, this study was the first attempt to examine the relationships between perceived organizational support, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and job performance from a seafarer's perspective in the bulk shipping context. The study was examined using survey data, collected from 133 seafarers working for two bulk shipping companies in Taiwan. Regression analysis was used to examine the effects of perceived organizational support, job satisfaction and organizational commitment then the later two on job performance. The results indicated that perceived organizational support positively affect job satisfaction and organizational commitment, while job satisfaction and organizational commitment positively affect job performance. The implications for increasing seafarer job performance in bulk shipping operations and their contribution to the development of human resource management are discussed.