Employee Commitment and Satisfaction Analysis: Asda Superstore Ltd

This essay provides an analysis of employee commitment and job satisfaction at Asda Superstore Ltd. It examines the factors influencing job satisfaction among Asda employees and investigates whether motivation plays a significant role in fostering employee commitment. The research aims to determine the effects and influences of job satisfaction and employee commitment within the specific context of the Asda Superstore Ltd. (Southgate) branch, addressing issues stemming from recent policy changes and management decisions. The study utilizes research questions to explore the elements that contribute to job satisfaction within Asda and to assess the relationship between motivation and organizational performance. The research uses qualitative methods and data collected from self-administrative questionnaires with open and closed questions. The research positivist philosophy will be used in this study.

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Employee commitment and Satisfaction: Asda Superstore Ltd
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The topic that has been chosen to undertake this study is the Impact of Employee
Commitment and Satisfaction analysis of Asda Superstore Ltd. According to Kehoe and Wright
(2013), Employees in any business organisation form the backbone of the platform. They are
one of the major stakeholders of the company as their performance directly impacts the
organisation in terms of its quality of production and provisions of services that are offered by
the company to the end customers. the human resource department of the company is responsible
for the employees that are working for the organisation not only their recruitment and health or
safety is the limitation of the department they are also required to understand the issues and
grievances that people face on a daily basis as well as co-ordinate with them in order to improve
the work culture and work environment in an organisation. The commitment of the employee
with the organisation is essential as it ensures efficient performance by the employees. Slack et
al. (2015), stated that, It is important to have the interest of the employees aligned with the
objective of the company this will ensure that there is an understanding and commitment. On the
other hand, Mowday et al. (2013), had mentioned in their study that the commitment from the
employees generate from several factors like: favorable work culture, job description alignment
with the interest of the employees, relation with other employees and the leaders of the
organisation is also an important aspect of job satisfaction. Motivation has been identified as one
of the major aspects that impact the level of commitment among the employees (Atmojo 2015).
Rational of the research
The issue that has been identified is the lack of commitment among the employee leading
to an increased quality issue within the organisation. Quality is one of the major aspects that any
organisation focuses upon in order to engage the customer and develop loyalty. It helps the
organisation achieve the objectives (Boland 2017). Asda store is a retail store line that is

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undertaken by Walmart. During the end of 2017, there has been significant amount of employee
related issues in the organisation due to some of the changes in the policies and decisions in the
management. Therefore, this study is valid and is rational given the current circumstances (Wood
2017).
Definition
Job satisfaction: The pleasant emotional state of an individual which results from the job that
they are employed at is called job satisfaction. It can also be defined as the rate at which a person
enjoys or dislikes his or her job.
Employee turnover: it can be defined as the rate at which employees join and leave the
organisation within a period of time. Increased rate of turnover would mean that the company
has a low attrition rate of employees.
Employee commitment: This is the rate of commitment that an employee has towards the
organization they are employed in. This ensures the alignment of the interest in between the
employees and the company.
Aim of the research
The aim of this research is to determine the effects and influences of job satisfaction and
employee commitment in Asda Superstore Ltd. (Southgate) branch.
The objectives of the research
 To determine the factors that encourages job satisfaction among the employees of
Asda. To examine whether motivation is a factor that leads to employee commitment.

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Research Questions
1. What are the factors that encourage job satisfaction in Asda?
2. Is motivation a factor that enhances performance in an organisation?

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