Strategies in relation to organizational commitment

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Organizational commitment
“Strategies in relation to the organizational commitment”
Organizational commitment should be present within the employees of the organization so that
they can give their best towards the allocated task. It has been stated by Ng (2015), that there are
many companies who emphasizes on boosting the loyalty of the employees as the workers who
are psychological attached to the company are satisfied and also productive towards the
operational activities of the company. It is examined that psychological attachment is one of the
stabilizing force that helps to binds the individuals towards the goals of the company.
Organizational level can be determined by the different forms of psychological attachment such
as affective commitment, normative commitment and also continuance commitment. The
affective commitment level consider the positive emotional feelings in relation to the company
and on the other hand Normative commitment is considered by the moral obligations and also by
the continuance commitment that is driven by the different side bets. In relation to this article, it
is stated that organizational commitment is necessary to be maintained as it generates the
positive feelings among the employees in the workplace. The organizational commitment is the
attachment of the employees with the firm and also it emphasizes on strengthening the overall
operations of the company.
According to Abdul Rashid, Sambasivan and Johari (2003), the organizational commitment can
be build by focusing on the corporate culture of the company. It is analyzed that organizational
commitment has attained much attention from the last few years and this is only because of the
reason related with the organizational success. In relation to organizational commitment,
corporate culture is one of the essential factors in the field of organizational behavior that helps
to maintain proper understanding in relation to the overall activities of the company. The
corporate culture impacts the overall success of the company in relation to attaining of goals and
objectives. It is argued that the corporate culture should be shaped in a proper manner so that it
could be easy for the company to ensure the organizational commitment level towards the
assigned work. The commitment level of the employees in the company is important as it helps
to successfully implement the overall plans and policies. The corporate culture and also the
organizational commitment are related with each other that affect the performance of the
company. The culture of the company can easily boost the commitment level of the employees.
Therefore, it can be stated that corporate culture is one of the best strategy that should be
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Organizational commitment
maintained by the company so that it could be easy to build the organizational level of
commitment.
It has been by (Lambert et al., 2016), job satisfaction is the next strategy that can help in building
the commitment level of the employees towards the assigned work. It can be stated that job
satisfaction is the positive emotional state of mind of the individuals that result in boosting the
engagement level or the commitment level towards the assigned work. Job satisfaction can be the
strategy that is one of the emotional responses by the employees who are concerning bout the
specific job. It can be said that if the employees are satisfied towards the job then it would be
easy for them to be dedicated. If the strategy of job satisfaction is considered by the company
then it will reduce the ratio of absentee’s and also boost the turnover of the company in the
highly competitive business world. It is necessary for the management to emphasize on
maintaining the work of the employees so that the organizational performance in relation to
organizational innovation can be maintained. Therefore, it can be stated that job satisfaction
should be present in the individuals so that it would be easy to build organizational commitment
towards the set goals and objectives of the company.
According to Aguenza and Som (2018), employee retention can also be one of the effective
strategies that can assist in building the organizational commitment level of the employees
towards the assigned work. It is observed that employee retention and engagement is one of the
important parts for the company as employees are known as the driving force that aim at
developing the growth. The retention is the strategy that takes place when the process of
recruitment starts, so in this relation it is important for the management to focus on retaining the
employees for the long time so that it could be simple to enhance the organizational commitment
of the employees towards the allocated activities. Relation and engagement level of the
employees is important for the boost the productivity of the employees in the workplace.
Therefore, it can be stated that retention can be the effective strategy that can help in maintaining
the commitment level of the employees towards the task that are given to them.
Also, in this article, it is analyzed that motivation can be the strategy that can help in building the
organizational commitment within the employees. It can be said that motivation can be the
strategy that should be considered by the management so that organizational commitment level
can be built. The employees in the workplace, stays if they receive the tools of motivation such
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