Strategies for Building Organizational Commitment

ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOR
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Organization behavior
Literature review on organizational commitment
“Strategies for building organizational commitment”
It has been observed that to build organizational commitment is one of the important aspects that
help to ensure organizational effectiveness. According to Hanaysha (2016), it has been stated
that organizational commitment assists the companies in attaining goals and objectives in the
highly competitive market. With the increase in the competition level in different markets, it has
been seen that the commitment level in the workplace is important to be maintained. Locke and
Latham stated that in the workplace, highly committed and loyal employees are important so that
it could be easy to attain organizational goals. The high commitment level of the employees
towards the work can help the employees to be more productive and also maintains loyalty
towards the assigned work. It can be said that the employee who has a strong organizational
commitment can develop emotional attachment towards their company and can be satisfied with
the overall contribution. There are various strategies that are related to building the
organizational commitment. It is important for the company to focus on boosting the
organizational commitment level so that growth can be achieved in the market.
One of the strategies relates to organizational commitment is employee empowerment. It is
examined that empowerment is an essential factor that helps to achieve success and also it boosts
the productivity level of the business. Employee empowerment focuses on the motivational
practice that focuses on enhancing the performance by boosting the participation and
involvement strategy in the process of decision making. It is related to boosting trust, motivation
and also removes the boundaries between the employee and top management. It is seen that
empowerment is known as the mechanism that provides the authority to the employee to
consider the decision and also it is related with the overall distribution of the responsibility from
one manager to other employees. To maintain the organizational commitment of the employees it
is important to empower them so that it could be easy for them to give their best towards the set
goals. There are various advantages that are concerned with employee empowerment. It is stated
that empowered employees develop the feeling of motivation that assists to maintain the
authority and control over the needs of the customers. The empowerment strategy helps to offer
authority and responsibility to the employees will generate the dedication level of the employees
towards the assigned activities.
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Organization behavior
According to Ng (2015), the strategy of building organizational commitment of the employees in
the workplace can be related to trust. It is important for the higher authorities to maintain trust
with the employees so that they can involve in the operational activities without any other
thought. There are many companies that emphasize on boosting employee loyalty which can help
in maintaining their dedication level and trust towards the assigned activities of the company. To
build organizational commitment it is necessary for the management to focus on building trust
with the employees in the workplace. Without trust, employees will not show their involvement
in the activities that are assigned to them. Therefore, it can be stated that organizational
commitment plays an important role and it can only be maintained if the strategy related to trust
is implemented by the company.
According to Dhar (2015), training is also one of the strategies that can help to boost the
commitment level in the highly competitive market. The research has revealed that the
companies who are perceived to have proper accessibility of the training programs can have
more chances of having committed employees. It can be said that the training program is one of
the effective ways that can help in forming the opinion of the employees towards the
organization. This boosts the higher level of commitment of the employees towards their
company. The past studies have also stated that countries such as Malaysia and the US have
considered the overall accessibility of training that is positively concerned with the higher
affective commitment. This states that the companies can enhance the overall level of
commitment by boosting the training programs or by making it accessible to the employees in
the workplace.
According to Deery and Jago (2015), talent management is also one of the best strategies that
can help the company in boosting the commitment level of the employees towards the assigned
work. By analyzing the article in relation to the hospitality industry, it is analyzed that talent
management is the basic function that needs acknowledgment of the differences in relation to the
behavior of the generations. If talented employees in the workplace are retained then it would be
easy for the company to enhance the commitment level of the employees towards the assigned
activities. It can be argued that the companies should focus on retaining the talented employees
in the workplace as they have knowledge in relation to the overall activities that are performed in
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