Organizational commitment and its impact on employees’ individual interactions

Dabir, A.R.; Azarpira, M.

doi:10.22034/ijhcum.2017.02.01.005

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International Journal of Human Capital in Urban Management

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Organizational commitment and its impact on employees’ individual interactions

Article 5, Volume 2, Issue 1, Winter 2017, Page 49-56 PDF (110 K)

Document Type: CASE STUDY

DOI: 10.22034/ijhcum.2017.02.01.005

Authors

A.R. Dabir

¹; M. Azarpira²

¹Department of Tourism Management, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

²Department of Public Administration, Institute for Management and Planning Studies, Tehran, Iran

Receive Date: 20 October 2016, Revise Date: 04 December 2016, Accept Date: 29 December 2016

Abstract

Organizational commitment is one of the most widely researched topics in the field of organizational behavior. The main objective of this study was to investigate the impact of organizational commitment on individual interactions which was conducted in Municipality of Karaj. To achieve this objective, the data was collected using the Standard questionnaires applying descriptive statistics and inferential statistical methods within the population consisted of 400 employees of Karaj municipality. The present research is a descriptive and co relational study and is of applied type. The results indicated that there is a significant relationship between the dimensions of employees’ individual interaction and organizational commitment in Karaj Municipality. Besides, correlation with other variables of individual engagement and commitment were not verified. At the end, it is suggested to Karaj Municipality that regarding human force as human capital and before recruiting and employment and maintenance, make attempt to identify internal and personality features of them to design required plans in the promotion of organization commitment and drive to
more exploitation.

Keywords

Affective commitment; Normative commitment; Organizational Commitment; Personal engagement

Main Subjects

Human Capital in Urban Management

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