Organisational Commitment and its Types

Organisational Behaviour (MNG82001)
Assignment 1(Part b): Literature Reviewdraft
Students are expected to paraphrase information from at least twoacademic journal articles to
support their answer to each question (i.e. 4in total). When doing so you must provide the correct ‘in-
text’ and ‘Reference List’ citation details. Provide a Reference List at the end of each answer.
To gain the most from this assessment activity it issuggested that students write approximately 200-
300 words for each answer.
Each question is worth 5 marks.
1. Define the term ‘Organisational Commitment’ and describe the types of organisational
outcomes it might lead to.
According to (Hanaysha 2016, p.290), organizational commitment is one of the essential
terms which are used in the concept of organization behaviour. It can be said that
fostering organizational commitment is important as it is observed that the employees
who are committed towards the company are likely to stay for long time or focus on
better performance. Also, the company’s focuses on building the organizational
commitment of the employees as they are considered as the main source of success. The
organizational commitment can also be known as the psychological attitudes that boost
the interest of the employees towards the organizational work. It also emphasizes on
reducing the turnover intention in the workplace.
According to (Ramdhani, Ramdhani & Ainissyifa 2017, p. 228), the commitment level of
the employees is related with their faithfulness towards the assigned work. It can also be
said as the willingness that exerts the efforts on the behalf of the company and it also
maintains the value between the workers and the management. The commitment level of
the employees helps to identify the identity and also the commitment level towards goals
of the employees.
The commitment level of the employees also assists in predicting the employee
performance and also the behaviour towards the work. It can be said that by
organizational commitment can also be one of the outcome of teamwork. Teamwork is
one of the aspects that impact the level of commitment of the individuals. The person in
the group will show more commitment level towards the work when the goals set by the
company is high.