As seen in Table 2, Step 2 is established by adding current working conditions of the
academicians (academic title, monthly salary, years in organization, years in current position,
cadre, work style and overtime) as well as demographics and perceived organizational
protectiveness to Step 1 (quality of work life). The results from Step 2 show that the quality of
work-life in state universities explains 39% of the change in affective commitment; it explains
42% of the change in affective commitment when accompanied by working conditions,
demographics and perceived organizational protectiveness. This change (R
2
change = 0.029,
p>0.05) is not statistically significant. Considering all variables together at the same time in
state universities, it is seen that the most influential variable on affective commitment is the
quality of work life, and the only other variable influential on affective commitment is
perceived organizational protectiveness; current working conditions and demographics do not
have a meaningful impact on affective commitment.
As review of the data regarding foundation universities in Table 2, the results obtained from
Step 2, by adding Step 1 (quality of work life) the working conditions, demographics and
perceived organizational protectiveness, shows a significant change in R
2 (R
2 change = 0.61,
p