<![CDATA[This research was initially exploring the relationship between the Authentic
Happiness-The Source of Happines and Organizational Commitment. The concept
of Authentic Happiness is derived from the Positive Psychology-Authentic Happiness
proposed by Seligman. Meanwhile the concept of organizational commitment is
taken from Meyer and Allens Organizational Commitment. The research questions
are twofolds. Firstly, whether three sources of happiness are correlated with three
dimensions of organizational commitment. Secondly, whether demographic factors
are accounted at explaining organizational commitment.
Fifty-four (54) employees of a leading retail company in Bandung were interviewed
and surveyed using online instrument, as many as 48 turned out with valid responds.
Collected data were processed and analyzed using simple statistics, such as
descriptive statistics, Pearsonâs Product Moment and Alpha Cronbach to test data
validity and reliability. Meanwhile to do correlation test, crosstabs-chi square and
Pearsons Correlation was used.
The research reveals that the Source of Happiness has strong to mild positive
correlation with Organizational Commitment. This research also confirms the
existing findings that demographic characteristics i.e. gender and length of work has
a positive relationship with organizational commitment.
Keywords: organizational commitment, positive psychology, authentic happiness
Abstrak
Penelitian ini mencoba mengeksplorasi hubungan antara Sumber Kebahagiaan -
Authentic Happiness dan Komitmen Organisasional. Konsep Authentic Happiness
berasal dari positif psikologi yang diperkenalkan oleh Seligman. Sedangkan konsep
komitmen organisasional diambil dari Meyer dan Allen. Pertanyaan utama peneli-
tian ini ada dua, pertama apakah dari ketiga sumber kebahagiaan berkorelasi dengan
ketiga dimensi komitmen organisasional. Kedua, apakah faktor demografi responden
dapat menjelaskan komitmen organisasional karyawan.
Lima puluh empat karyawan dari sebuah perusahaan ritel terkemuka di Bandung
diwawancarai dan disurvey menggunakan alat kuesioner online dan kuesioner manual.
Sebanyak 48 responden merespon kuesioner dengan valid. Data dianalisa dan
diolah menggunakan statistik sederhana, seperti statistik deskristif, Pearson Product
Moment, Alpha Cronbach, Crosstabs-Chi Square, dan Pearson Correlation.
Hasil penelitian mengungkapkan bahwa sumber kebahagiaan memiliki korelasi dengan
komitmen organisasi karyawan. Dan ditegaskan dalam penelitian ini bahwa,
demografi karakteristik gender dan lama kerja memiliki hubungan positif dengan
komitmen organisasi.
Kata Kunci : komitmen organisasi, psikologi positif, authentic happiness]]>
