Commitment
refers to attachment and loyalty. Mowday et al (1982:416), commitment consists
of three components Viz: Identification
with the goals, values of the organization and willingness to display effort on
behalf of the organization.
Closely related definition of commitment, emphasizes the importance of behaviour in creating commitment, as Salanick (1977:306) puts it that commitment is a state of being in which an individual becomes bound by his action to belief that sustain his activities and his own involvement. The forgoing sees commitment as identification with the goals and values of the organization as well as being bound by action of the belief system of the organization. A belief in the positive value of commitment has been confidently expressed by Walton (1985: 106).
Closely related definition of commitment, emphasizes the importance of behaviour in creating commitment, as Salanick (1977:306) puts it that commitment is a state of being in which an individual becomes bound by his action to belief that sustain his activities and his own involvement. The forgoing sees commitment as identification with the goals and values of the organization as well as being bound by action of the belief system of the organization. A belief in the positive value of commitment has been confidently expressed by Walton (1985: 106).
Underlying human resources
polices is a management Philosophy, often embedded in a published statement, that
acknowledge the legitimate claim of a company’s multiple stake-holders, owners,
employees, customers and the general public. At the center of this philosophy
is a belief that employee commitment leads to enhanced organizational
performance. The evidence shows this belief to be well founded.
However, a
review by Guest (1991: 207) led to the conclusion that high organizational
commitment is associated with lower labour turnover and absence. Strong
commitment to work is likely to result in conscientious and self-directed
application to the job, regular attention, nominal supervision and high level
of effort.
Commitment to
the organization will certainly be related to the intention to stay and loyalty
to the organization (griffin, 1984: 281). In other words, efforts should be
made by management to secure workforce commitment on the part of organizational
participants, else organizational goals will be difficult to achieve.