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Theories Of Organisational Commitment

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2. Theoretical Foundation: - Theories related to organizational commitment The concept organisational commitment include the explanation by (O’Reilly, 1989, p 17), “an individual 's psychological bond to the organisation, including a sense of job involvement, loyalty and belief in the values of the organisation”. Organisational commitment from this point of view is characterised by employee 's acceptance of organisational goals and their willingness to exert effort on behalf of the organisation (Miller & Lee, 2001). Cohen (2003, p xi) states that “commitment is a force that binds an individual to a course of action of relevance to one or more targets”. This general description of commitment relates to the definition of organisational commitment by Arnold (2005, p 625) namely that it is “the relative strength of an individual’s identification with and involvement in an organisation”.( Miller, 2003, p 73) also states that organisational commitment is “a state in which an employee identifies with a particular organisation and its goals, and wishes to keep the relationship and membership in the organisation”. Organisational commitment is therefore, the degree in which an employee is willing to maintain membership due to interest and association with the organisation’s goals and values. In addition, (Morrow,1993) describes organisational commitment as characterised by attitude and behaviour. (Miller,2003, p 72) describes an attitude as “evaluative statements or

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