Building Organizational Commitment Strategies

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Building organizational commitment strategies
According to Abu-Shamaa, Al-Rabayah and Khasawneh (2015), organizational commitment can
be defined as the employee involvement and also loyalty towards the assigned work. It helps in
gaining more importance in the present changing business environment. It can be said that
organizational commitment is impacted by the different tangible and intangible factors, internal,
external, and global and business environment factors. In the present era, there is high dynamic
working environment that create pressure on the companies to maintain the position and to bring
improvisation in their performance in relation to the competitors. So, it has been seen that
employees are considered as an important factor that can help the companies in attaining the
competitive advantage so the companies are considering the different strategies that can assist in
boosting the organizational performance in the highly competitive market.
It can be said that job satisfaction is the strategy on which the companies should emphasize as it
helps in maintaining the employee’s dedication level towards the assigned work. Job satisfaction
is known as the essential factor in relation to the work commitment. If the employees are
satisfied with their job then it would be easy to enhance the commitment towards the assigned
activities. Job satisfaction can also be affected by the different aspects such as job enrichment
and supervisor relations. It can be stated that job enrichment is a related with designing of the job
by vertical restructuring the authorities and responsibilities and also in this additional permission
and control is given to the employees. Job enrichment has a connection with the psychological
meaningfulness that helps in maintaining the commitment level of the employees towards thee
management operations. The next aspect is related with supervisor relations in that the emphasis
is given on the positive oriented relations such as listening to the concerns of workers and also
encouraging them can assist in influence the overall interest in the work. Therefore, it can be said
that job satisfaction can be defined as the way in which the perception level of the employees is
developed about their task. It is essential for the companies to emphasize on maintaining the
commitment level among the employees as it can assist in enhancing the commitment among the
employees in the workplace.
It has been argued by Mohan and Sharma (2015), work motivation can also be the strategy that
should be considered by the higher authorities so that commitment level of the employees can be
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maintained. The work motivation can be related to the concept that is linked with the
organizational psychology and also with the behavior of company. It is essential factor that
maintained the effectiveness of the organization. Motivation can be defined as the different
emotional forces and needs that influence the behavior of the individuals. It can be seen that it is
used in organizational settings. If the employees in the workplace are motivated then there are
more chances of high commitment level among the employees but on the other hand if the
motivation level is low among the employee then it can affect the commitment and employee
motivation towards the work. Organizational commitment emphasizes on the organizational
productivity that helps to boost the success of the company but it can only be attained if the
employees are dedicated and motivated towards the assigned work. It is necessary for the higher
authorities to focus on considering the motivational technique so that commitment level of the
employees can be generated and also it will help in reducing the absentees in the workplace.
Motivation is the bet concept that influences the behavior of the individuals and also motivates
them to fulfill the expectation level of the management. So, it can be said that high motivation
level among the employees can assist in building the organizational commitment towards the
operational activities of the company.
According to Riaz and Hunjra (2015), it has been stated that work life balance is also the
essential factor that helps in building organizational commitment in the business. It is important
for the management to focus on maintaining work life balance so that the employees can give
time to their personal life and also to the operations of the company. The organizational
commitment is influenced by the work life balance and it should be maintained by the
management so that employees can give their best towards the overall work assigned by the
managers. The managers should consider the work life balance strategy that can help in boosting
the commitment level of the workers in the company. The employees in the workplace have the
heaviest job demand and least supportive work can lower the commitment level in the
workplace. The IT professionals should focus on implementing the organizational policies that
helps to boost the career development of the employees in the workplace. So, it can be stated that
the higher authorities should maintain the work life balance and assign the work according to the
capability of the employees so that it could be easy for them to manage their routine activities in
the business environment. The work life balance if maintained can influence the motivation level
of the employees and can assist them to participate in the overall activities of the organization.
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