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ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AND JOB SATISFACTION 
Satisfaction and commitment are both attitudes that focus on employees’ orientations to their work and the 
organization (Currivan, 1999). However, while satisfaction is related to positive emotions towards specific aspects 
of work, commitment is an affective response to the organization as a whole (Williams and Hazer, 1986). 
Organizational commitment can be defined as an affective attitude based on feelings of loyalty to an organization 
(Allen and Meyer, 1990). For Bartlett (2001), organizational commitment is the level of connection felt by an 
individual toward the organization where he/she is contracted. That connection is considered an emotional response, 
especially when the employee strongly believes in the organization’s objectives and values and/or displays a strong 
wish to continue as a member of the organization (Kim et al., 2005). Meyer and Allen (1997) point out that a 
committed employee shares the firm’s objectives and will remain in the organization through good times and bad, 

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