The Relationship between Social Capital and Job Satisfaction among Employees of Abu Dhabi City Municipality
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This paper examines the connection between social capital and job satisfaction in the employees of Abu Dhabi City Municipality. By prioritising the structural, relational and cognitive aspects of the social capital, the study is set to establish the contribution of the interactions within the organisation, common values, trust, and knowledge sharing leading to the increase in job satisfaction among the employees. The descriptive-analytical approach was utilized, and the data were gathered with the help of a questionnaire which was given to 50 employees chosen out of the total population of 751. Data analysis was performed with the help of SPSS and AMOS in order to test means, relative importance and path relationships. The results indicate that the levels of social capital were very high and job satisfaction levels were high among the employees. Path analysis shows that the relational dimension, cognitive dimension and the structural dimension have significant and positive effects on job satisfaction and no effects respectively. The research findings are that, a stronger organisational trust enhanced communication and aided knowledge-sharing behaviours increases job satisfaction and institutional commitment in the governmental sector.
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