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The relation between loyalty to one's organization, alienation and phychological suffering

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The study aims to examine the relationship between loyalty and commitment to one's own organization and feelings of alienation and psychological suffering amongst government employees. The study chose (418) samples 215 of which were males and 203 females. The study revealed the following results: A significant negative relation between organization commitment and loyalty was noticed in relation to both alienation and psychological suffering, whereas no significant relation was noted between organization commitment and loyalty, age, experience, and educational level. On the other hand, significant differences were evident between males and females with regard to their organization commitment where males scored higher in their loyalty. Also no significant differences were detected between males and females in feelings of alienation and psychological suffering. Furthermore, there were no significant differences between organization loyalty and commitment and alienation that differentiate the more highly educated and the less educated. However, there were significant differences in psychological suffering in relation to level of education where it was found that the higher educated displayed greater psychological suffering.

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