Abstract:
Although a lot of international research studies have
highlighted organizational practices to be an important
determinant of employees’ commitment to their organizations, little
attempt has been made to explore the relationship of these two
concepts by researchers in Pakistan.
The rationale for this study was to offer an insight into
how Organizational Commitment and its three components namely
Affective, Continuance and Normative Commitment may be
influenced and enhanced by organizational factors consisting of
Teamwork, Rewards, Training and Communication. This study also
examined the relationship of demographic factors with the
employees’ organizational Commitment to ascertain which set of
variables has the highest impact on employee commitment. A random
sample of 200 commercial bank employees was surveyed in Lahore
through a questionnaire. Correlational, stepwise regression
analyses were carried out to study the association between the
dependant and the independent variables. Results revealed that on
the whole, organizational factors were important determinants of
employees’ commitment levels, while demographic factors had a
relatively less significant association with the organizational
commitment and its forms. Continuance form of commitment also
showed weaker association with organizational factors as
compared to Affective and Normative Commitments. Implications
and recommendations have been presented for managers to utilize
key organizational factors in order to enhance employees’
commitment levels.
