The Effect Of Employees’ Commitment On Organization Performance: The Case Of Public Sectors In West Shoa Zonal Offices, Oromia, Ethiopia

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