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XXXIII NO. 2, 2015 Contents Page No Commerce Impact of Supervisor Support on Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment of the University Staff in Balochistan 01 Muhammad Ali & Roqia Ismail Impact of Capital Structuring on the Financial Risk: A Study on the Listed Companies in Pakistan Dr. Hakim Ali Mahesar, Abdul Wahid Zehri, Afifa Zafar 11 & Dr. Naveed Iqbal Chaudhry Changing Perspectives of Community Organizations in Balochistan: A Critical Review Dr. Abdul Rasheed 33 History Archaeological Sites of Kharan and their Present Condition A script about western region of Balochistan Ghulam Farooq Baloch, Abdul Haleem Sadiq, Saeeda Mengal, 41 & Yousaf Ali Rodeni The History of Kalat Affairs 1666-1871 Pervez Ahmed, Shazia Jaffar & Abdul Nasir 61 Language and Literature Analysis of Shifts Resulting from English into Balochi Translations: (A Case Study based on Catford’s Model of Shift Analysis of the English Novels: The Stranger and Siddhartha) Aqeel Ahmed Baloch & Ghafoor Shad 73 Humour: A Helpful Teaching Aid for Teachers in Balochistan Jaffar Shah, Syed Hussain Shah & Ghulam Rasool 87 Brahui Drama and Society Afzal Murad, Waheed Zaheer, Shabir Ahmed Shahwani 95 & Dr. Liaqat Ali Sani An Anonymous hero of Pashtoon’s history (Umara Khan Janduli) Dr. Badshah.i.Rome, Muhammad Nawaz 101 Dr. Faiz Ullah Panaizai & Dr Kaleemullah Bareach - VI - Political Science Change in the behaviour and Character of The Jirga System in the British period (A case study of Balochistan) Dr. Adil Zaman Kasi, Dr. Abdul Qadir Khan & Abdul Qadir 115 The Role of Civil Society in Social Mobilization: A Case Study of Pakistan Asadullah 123 Sociology A Sociological Analysis of Gender Discrimination and Social Status of Women Dr. Ahmed Ali Brohi & Shah Khalid Baloch 135 Micro credit project A workable tool to address mass poverty A case study of slum dwellers in Quetta district Mohammad Alam Tareen & Dr. Aijaz Ali Wassan 149 Social Work Working Relationship between Social Work Practice and Civil Society Activism Abdul Rahim Changezi 159 Social Sciences Human Embryo’s Sex determination: A Comparative Study of Quran, Hadith and Science Nosheen Zaheer & Najia Almas 169 Information Seeking Behavior of Teachers at University of Balochistan, In the Field of Management Sciences Syed Muhammad 177 Using Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) an effective tool for sustainable agriculture and rural development: (Case Study of Mastung district, Balochistan, Pakistan) Dr. Ahmed Ali Menga1, Noor Ahmed, 187 Fateh M. Baloch, Dr. Akhtar Ahmed Siddiqui Rights and Duties of the Wife in Islam Dr. Syed Bacha Agha & Dr. Muhammad Usman Tobawal 199 - 1 - Bi-Annual Research Journal “BALOCHISTAN REVIEW” ISSN 1810-2174 Balochistan Study Centre, UoB, Quetta (Pakistan) VOL. XXXIII NO. 2, 2015 Impact of Supervisor Support on Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment of the University Staff in Balochistan Commerce Muhammad Ali 1 & Roqia Ismail 2 Abstract The basic objective of current research was to investigate the effect of supervisor support on university staff’s job satisfaction and organizational commitment in Balochistan province. Data was collected through questionnaires. 120 self-administered questionnaires were disbursed among the university staff members. Cronbach alpha test was used to check the reliability of the questionnaire used for the study. Correlation and regression were used as a statistical test to explore the relation between predictor and dependent variables. The research outcomes indicated that supervisor support at workplace enhance the commitment and job satisfaction of the university staff members. The current research study is important for higher authorities of the university and it also has a contribution in the academic literature of the human resource management and organizational behavior. Key words: Balochistan, Job satisfaction, Organizational commitment, Supervisor support. Introduction Perceived organizational support has three main categories such as fairness of treatment, supervisor support and reward and job conditions (Krishnan & Mary, 2012). Perceived organizational support is an important Factor for enhancing the career satisfaction of the employees (Latif & Sher). When employee seems to be satisfied with their career than automatically their level of satisfaction with job and commitment with organization will be high. However the perceived supervisor unfairness makes behavior of the employee hostile which results in dissatisfaction and low performance ( Ladebo & Saghir, 2008). The supervisor support give an opportunity to the employees to become stress-free at work and this kind of feeling will indirectly affect the job 1 Assistant professor Commerce Department University of Balochistan Quetta, Pakistan. 2 Lecturer, Commerce Department, Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s University Quetta. - 2 - satisfaction of the employees (Anis, Rehman, Rehman, Khan, & Humayoon, 2011). In university teachers are the most important part of the better educational system. Organizational commitment and job satisfaction at workplace are vital for appealing and retaining the competent people in the organization (Nagar, 2012) . The research question for the current study is as follows. What is the relationship among supervisor support, job satisfaction and organizational commitment in faculty members/administrative staff? Literature Review Supervisor support The