The Antecedents of Organizational Commitment; The case of Burayu Packaging and Printing Industry
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2020-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Antecedents of organizational commitment are actions or elements that cause commitment to occur. It is particularly important to examine the relation between antecedents and organizational commitment, because of their close links to staff turnover. The aim of this study was therefore, to empirically test, the association of factors such as work environment, employee rewards, job security, job satisfaction and training and development as antecedents of organizational commitment. The tool for data collecting was a five rating scale questionnaires. 170 employees were sampled using convenient sampling techniques from a total of 296 employees of Burayu Packaging and Printing Industries (BPPI), 111 questionnaires were returned from a total of 170 sampled and 59 of them were not returned; giving a response rate of 65.3%, which was deemed acceptable. Data analysis was then carried out by using SPSS software version 23. Descriptive statistic was employed to identify level of employee reward, job satisfaction, work environment, job security, training and development and organizational commitment. Regression analysis was used to identify the predictors of organizational commitment. Pearson correlation was used to analyze the relationship between the above five independent variables with organizational commitment. The findings of this study showed that job satisfaction, job security and work environment have small positive correlation with organizational commitment. But, the strength of the correlation between rewards and training show a moderate level of positive relation with the dependent variable (organizational commitment). Overall, the antecedent model, tested empirically, has important practical implications for predicting organizational commitment. This study also revealed that the staffs are not fully committed to the service of the BPPI. This suggests that the strength of the correlation is moderate. Given the increasing reliance on in Industry sector, this study provides the first step in better understanding the factors that affect the organization commitment in the study area. Finally, the study recommended, the BPPI, among others should revisits its commitment strategy with a view to encompassing tenets of organizational commitment
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Organizational commitment, Work environment, Job security