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    Role of Participative Decision–Making in Improving Employees’ Commitment towards Organizational Goal፡ the Case of Selected District of Hidasie Telecom Share Company
    (Addis Ababa University, 2018-06) Anteneh, Agar; Gemechu, Ararssa (PhD)
    This study aims to assessing the role of participation in decision making in improving employees commitment in the case of selected district of Hidasie Telecom Share Company. More particularly, it is aims at mapping out the extent of participation in decision making process and to identify the mechanism employed by the management to ensure employed participation and examine the effect of employees’ participation on their commitment. It also aims to investigate challenges associated with employees’ participation in decision making. A questionnaire related to employees’ participation in decision making and employees’ commitment was administered and, categorized into five part, which are demographic information, extent of employees’ participation in decision making, mechanism employed by management to ensure participation in decision making, challenges associated with participation in decision making and effect of participative decision making in improving employees commitment. The results revealed that the extent of participation in decision making in HT was below moderate. The mechanism employed by management to ensure participation in decision making is moderate. It was also noted that main challenges associated with participation in decision making are the following; lack of management commitment to participate, managers’ belief that decision making is there sole responsibility and the concern of managers of their power and authority is weakened. More over the study found that the effect of participation in decision making on employees commitment was very high. The finding also suggested that extent and mechanism participation in decision making have strong and positive relationship with employees’ commitment. Whereas the challenge of participation in decision making have strong and negative relationship with employees commitment. Finally, it has recommended that better Extent and mechanism of employees’ participation and the avoidance of challenges associated with participation in decision making would continue to improve the commitment of employees towards organizational goal.