A Structural Model for Employee Commitment in Iranian State Organizations

Abstract

Employee commitment, sometimes called work involvement/ belongingness/ engagement, materializes when people have interest in their job, enjoy doing it and try harder to accomplish it. This study aims to investigate the effective factors which can enhance the commitment of employees at individual, group and organizational levels. It also intends to identify and reach a model for the relations among variables. Using structural equations model, data were collected from 65 Iranian state organizations. Findings show that at an organizational level such factors as organizational structure, organizational support,organizational culture, compensation; at group level such factors as effective leadership, pleasant work environment, employee participation, organizational trust, constructive feedback, role transparency; and at individual level such factors as job security, work autonomy, internal motivation, organizational commitment, perceived organizational justice, religious commitment, and extraversion have an impact on employee commitment.

Keywords

• employee commitment
• organizational support
• organizational trust
• internal motivation
• work compensation.