Job satisfaction as a mediator of the relationship between job stressors and affective, continuance, and normative commitment: A path analytical approach

This article investigates the potential mediating role of job satisfaction between job stressors - namely, role overload-quantitative, role overload-qualitative, and lack of career development - as sources of stress on the one hand, and various facets of organizational commitment - namely, affective, continuance, and normative - on the other hand. A sample of 361 employees in a number of organizations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was used. Path analysis revealed that role overload-quantitative directly and negatively influences both job satisfaction and affective commitment and that lack of career development as a source of stress directly and negatively influences job satisfaction. Findings also suggest that job satisfaction mediates the influences of role overload-quantitative on various facets of organizational commitment. Implications, future lines of research, and limitations are discussed.