ANTECEDENTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT AMONG INDONESIAN ENGINEERS WORKING IN AUTOMOBILE SECTOR: AN INVESTIGATION OF AFFECTING VARIABLES FOR IMPROVEMENT IN ENGINEERS ROLE

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the antecedents and consequences of affective commitment among Indonesian engineers working in automobile sector, with particular focus on how the effects of spiritual intelligence and intrinsic motivation on affective commitment and engineer performance. Methods: A total of 239 engineers filled out questionnaires from cross-automobile sample of five large cities of Southeast Sulawesi – Indonesia. In order to test the research hypotheses, this study used Partial Least Square (PLS) technique. Results: The study found that spiritual intelligence significantly affects affective commitment and engineer performance as well as intrinsic motivation significantly affects affective commitment and engineer performance. The study further revealed that affective commitment does not affect engineer performance. Conclusion: The present study contributes to the extant literature about antecedents and consequences of affective commitment among Indonesian engineers working in automobile sector