Article | Management area | Year 2007
 

Transferability Of Skills And Education And Thai Academics’ Organizational Commitment

by Parisa Rungruang; Ross Donohue
  
  Asia Pacific Journal of Education 27(2), p.171-187

Abstract

Few studies have examined the links between perceived transferability of education or perceived transferability of skills and organisational commitment. This paper reports on a study examining the relationships between transferability of education and transferability of skills, and the three components of organisational commitment (affective, continuance, and normative commitment) with a sample comprising 517 Thai academics. Hierarchical regression analyses (controlling for gender, education, academic rank, and organisational tenure) indicated that transferability of skills was positively related to both affective and normative commitment, while transferability of education was negatively related to continuance commitment. The implications in terms of career management and human resource development are discussed.