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Lina Marcela Guevara Bedoya, Luisa Fernanda Fernández Poveda
En este artículo se presenta el análisis comparativo por edades de los tres componentes del Compromiso Laboral de acuerdo con el modelo de Meyer y Allen (1997), más la variable Work Engagement conceptualizada por Schaufeli y Salanova (2009). Se trabajó con una muestra de 17.165 empleados de empresas latinas de los cuales el 92% eran colombianos. La muestra cubrió los sectores económicos de servicios (55%) industrial (27%), comercial, educativo y de salud (18%). El 78% no tenía personal a cargo y el 62% era de género masculino. Luego de analizar la distribución de los datos con KolmogorovSmirnov se optó por el uso de pruebas estadísticas no paramétricas para el análisis de los mismos (Kruskal Wallis y U de Mann-Whitney). Se encontraron diferencias significativas en la mayoría de comparaciones establecidas (p<0.05) indicando que a mayor edad mayor fuerza del vínculo, sin embargo el efecto fue pequeño (d<0.2). Se concluye que la edad sí es un factor diferenciador en las variables estudiadas aunque con bajo impacto.Resumen alternativo:This article presents the comparative analysis by age of the three components of the Organizational Commitment according to Meyer and Allen's (1997) model, plus the variable Work Engagement conceptualized by Schaufeli and Salanova (2009). This work was done on a sample of 17165 employees from Latin American organization from which 92% were Colombians. The sample covered the services (55%), industrial (27%), comercial, academic and health (18%) economic sectors. 78% of the sample didn't have staff and 62% were of male gender. After analyzing the distribution of the data with Kolmogorov-Smirnov it was decided the use of non-parametric statistical tests for data analysis (Kruskal Wallis y U de Mann-Whitney). Significant differences were found in most of the established comparisons (p<0.05) showing evidence that to higher ages higher the strength of the bond, however, the effect was small. (d<0.2). It's concluded that age is indeed a differentiating factor on the studied variables though its impact on them is low.
This article presents the comparative analysis by age of the three components of the Organizational Commitment according to Meyer and Allen's (1997) model, plus the variable Work Engagement conceptualized by Schaufeli and Salanova (2009). This work was done on a sample of 17165 employees from Latin American organization from which 92% were Colombians. The sample covered the services (55%), industrial (27%), comercial, academic and health (18%) economic sectors. 78% of the sample didn't have staff and 62% were of male gender. After analyzing the distribution of the data with Kolmogorov-Smirnov it was decided the use of non-parametric statistical tests for data analysis (Kruskal Wallis y U de Mann-Whitney). Significant differences were found in most of the established comparisons (p<0.05) showing evidence that to higher ages higher the strength of the bond, however, the effect was small. (d<0.2). It's concluded that age is indeed a differentiating factor on the studied variables though its impact on them is low.
