Abstract:
The purpose of this study was the Effect of employees’ commitment on organization
performance: the case of public sectors in West Shoa Zonal offices, Oromia, Ethiopia. The
researcher used both descriptive and explanatory research design to describe the factors
affecting employees’ organizational commitment and to understand the relationship between the
variables. The study applied proportionate stratify sampling technique to determine the
number of sectors into three strata that was economic, social and administrative sectors include
in the sample and simple random sampling techniques use to select the sample from each
sector. The target population of the study was public sector workers in West Shoa Zonal office
from 34 sectors and 1,234 employees and 302 sample size were taken by using the formula of
Yamane (1967) at 95 % confidence level. The correlational analysis also showed that
organizational performance is positively and significantly related with all dimensions of
organizational commitment (Affective commitment (r= .544), Normative commitment (r= .720),
and Continuance Organizational Commitment (r = .737)). The regression analysis also
unambiguously shows the independent variables (namely; Continuance Organizational
Commitment, Affective commitment, and normative commitment) explain 62.7% variability on
the dependent variable (Organizational Performance) To create committed employees, the
organizations consider and review their working environment and reorganize those according
to the current technology, office designs and layout by considering employees want so that it
create and increase employees commitment serve more and would beneficial in the long run in
addition, for organizations create advantage continues working with their current committed
employees than by hiring and tanning the working environment to new employees
