Sekunyane Tebogo Lehlomela, Leigh-Anne Paul Dachapalli, Suzette Ragadu

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the biographical differences between the QWL (quality of work life) and OC (organisational commitment) at a government department in Gauteng. A quantitative research approach was used to achieve the study’s objectives. The quantitative research approach was chosen primarily to determine the relationship between the two variables of interests, namely quality of work life and organisational commitment. A structured questionnaire, validated from previous studies, consisting of closed-ended questions was used. Data were collected and then analysed using the SPSS IBM 25 software package. All the Pearson correlation coefficients are positive regarding the direction, inferring that the respondents’ age and all work-life variables considered in this research are positively correlated. Regarding QWL, it has been inferred that age has a moderate to weak positive correlation to QWL which is statistically significant. Marital status and OC are positively correlated, with the highest p-value between the respondents’ marital status and CC at 0.406. It was thus concluded that any p-value above 0.05 represents a negative correlation between variables.