Organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) has been an important and growing area of research for past two decades. Numerous empirical research have identified consequences and antecedents of this extra

<p>Organisations are by nature, dynamic entities that continuously undergo transformation in response to both internal and external pressures, which are imposed on them (Robbins, Odendaal &amp / Roodt, 2003). Government departments are by no means immune to these changes, which pose challenges that affect their service delivery. During periods of fundamental transformation, individuals typically experience changes in their levels of organisational commitment, which impacts on effective and efficient service delivery. Organisational commitment as an area of research is one of the factors that could lead to greater morale, strong organisational climate, motivation and productivity in many organisations facing transformation (Salami, 2008). The aim of this study was to investigate the level of organisational commitment after a transformation process at a Provincial Government Department. Recent organisational transformations (both in the private and public sector) have included the redrawing of divisional boundaries, flattening of hierarchic levels, spreading of spans of control, revising compensation, streamlining processes and reforming governance (Ndlovu &amp / Brijball Parusumar, 2005). The results of the research indicate that employees are moderately committed to the organisation. Statistically significant relationships were found between the dimensions of organisational commitment, except for affective commitment and total commitment which were not significant.&nbsp / Furthermore, results indicate that statistically significant differences exist based on the biographical characteristics (namely, gender, race, tenure, marital status, age and job level) but these characteristics do not significantly explain the variance in organisational commitment for this organisation. A limitation of the research is that the sampling composition and research design preclude the results of this study being generalised to other organisations and it is recommended that a stratified random sampling design be utilised for future research.</p>

Darbo tikslas - ištirti ir išanalizuoti galimą ryšį tarp darbuotojų įsipareigojimo organizacijai ir migracinių nuostatų. Uždaviniai: 1.Apibrėžti darbuotojų įsipareigojimo organizacijai sąvokos reikšmę, išskiriant darbuotojų įsipareigojimą lemiančius veiksnius. 2. Atlikti darbuotojų įsipareigojimo organizacijai veiksnių tyrimą, nustatant sąsajas tarp darbuotojų įsipareigojimo organizacijai ir jų migracinių nuostatų. 3.Pateikti organizacijai rekomendacijas, kaip stiprinti darbuotojų įsipareigojimą organizacijai ir paveikti migracines nuostatas. Tyrimo metodika: Palangos reabilitacijos ligoninėje atlikta anoniminė darbuotojų anketinė apklausa. Per apklausą Palangos reabilitacijos ligoninėje apklausti 104 darbuotojai. Ryšys tarp darbuotojų įsipareigojimo organizacijai ir migracinių nuostatų apskaičiuoti ir įvertinti koreliacijos koeficiento pagalba. Rezultatai: Emociniam darbuotojų įsipareigojimui organizacijai yra svarbūs darbuotojų tarpusavio santykiai ir bendradarbiavimo kultūra, kas turi tiesioginį ryšį su darbuotojų migracinėmis nuostatomis. Reikšmingas veiksnys, turintis poveikį darbuotojo apsisprendimui migruoti yra efektyvi informacinė sklaida tarp darbuotojų ir vadovų. Tyrimu atskleista, kad jaunesnių iki 25 metų amžiaus darbuotojų grupėje yra didesnis suinteresuotumas migracijos atžvilgiu. Tai rodo reikšmingą darbuotojo darbinės patirties organizacijoje ir jo įsipareigojimo organizacijai ryšį. / Aim of the study is to evaluate and to analyse determining factors of employees’ commitment objectives association with attitudes towards migration. Objectives: 1. To define meaning of employees’ commitment to the organization and its determining factors. 2. To make research of Employees’ Commitment to the Organization establishing its Determining Factors and Association with Attitudes towards Migration. 3. To provide recommendations to increasing employees’ commitment and inform attitudes towards migration. Methods: The anonymous survey was conducted at Palanga Rehabilitation Hospital. Questionnaires were given to employees working in these institution (n=104). Correlation test was used to measure discriminant validity. Results: The results indicate that employees are mostly motivated by relationship and collaboration with colleagues, supervisors. Research shows that there is an influence between affective commitments towards migration. There is a significant influence between towards migration and internal organizational communication; greater is employees’ satisfaction in regards to personal feedback, the climate of communication. The conclusion is drawn that the tendency to emigrate will prevail in the future within the younger employees.

Nowadays the companies want to make sure that they have strong resources that can face the rapid changes in the environment. One of the most important resources is human resources. The interest of the companies to have committed employees have been increased because there is a big difference between the performance of committed employees and the rest of the employees. Committed employees perform well in the organization and help the organization to grow and face the competitive environment. Based on this, this research aims to evaluate and study the relationship between organizational commitment and individual performance.To do this one of the Multinational corporation(MNC) is selected, this MNC is the Japanese company Kansai Paint who has one subsidiary in Pakistan. The theoretical model of this study was formulated based on one dependent variable which is the individual performance and three independent variables which are an affective commitment, continuance commitment and normative commitment.The data of the research was collected by questionnaires which sent to 100 employees on Kansai Paint in Pakistan, and SPSS testing was used to analyze the data. The finding of the study exposed that the affective commitment, continuance commitment and normative commitment have a positive impact on the individual performance. At the end of the research, the conclusion of the research was drawn and several of recommendations were developed.

The objectives of the study were: (1) to determine the relationship between organisational commitment (measured by the Organisational Commitment Scale), retention factors (measured the Retention Factor Scale) and job embeddedness (measured by the Job Embeddedness Questionnaire), and (2) to determine whether employees from different gender, age, race, marital status, tenure and job level groups differ significantly in their levels of organisational commitment, retention factors and perceived job embeddedness. A quantitative survey was conducted on a purposive sample (N = 206) of medical and IT service staff in the South African client service sector. Correlational and inferential statistical analyses revealed significant relationships between organisational commitment, retention factors and perceived job embeddedness. Significant differences between gender, age, race, marital status, tenure and job level groups were also found. The findings contribute valuable insight and knowledge to the field of Career Psychology that can be applied in the retention of employees in the medical and IT industry. The study concludes with recommendations for future research and practice. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / (M.Comm. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology))

The general aim of this study was to determine whether there is a relationship between organisational culture and organisational commitment in a consulting firm in South Africa. A quantitative, cross-sectional survey design was used on a non-probability sample (n=68) from an identified consulting firm in South Africa, utilising the Organisational Culture Questionnaire (Harrison & Stokes, 1992) and Organisational Commitment Scale (Meyer & Allen, 1997). The results were analysed using Pearson’s correlation analysis and indicated that there is no relationship between organisational culture and organisational commitment in the consulting firm / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.A. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

A importância do comprometimento dos empregados para com os objetivos organizacionais está evidenciada em função do novo paradigma de produção industrial: a automação integrada flexível. Desde o início da produção em massa introduzida pela indústria automobilística até recentemente, o paradigma taylorista/fordista de produção era dominante. Este modelo, marcado pela automação rígida em base eletromecânica é caracterizado pela utilização maciça de empregados com níveis de escolaridade e qualificação mínimos, pela extrema divisão do trabalho que tornam as tarefas simples, rotineiras e pré-especificadas e por apresentar mínima necessidade de intervenção no processo produtivo. A nova base técnica emergente da automação integrada flexível tem na diversificação um fator de vantagem competitiva e de captura de novos mercados, ao contrário da base técnica tradicional, que busca ganhos de produtividade por crescentes economias de escalas, obtidas pelo emprego de maquinário especializado de grande produção de itens padronizados. O novo paradigma, denominado de toyotismo é, em geral, diferente do taylorismo/fordismo no que diz respeito à organização da produção e dos processos de trabalho. Isto significa que, ao invés de recursos humanos alienados e despreparados, a nova situação exige um quadro de empregados qualificados e comprometidos para participarem ativamente do processo produtivo. Tal mudança justifica a dedicação de diversos pesquisadores ao estudarem o comprometimento dos empregados para com os seus trabalhos, desde o início dos anos 80, objetivando compreender as principais variáveis que explicam o comportamento humano frente ao trabalho. Três fatores essenciais são destacados ao bom funcionamento das organizações: (a) as pessoas devem ser induzidas a entrar e a permanecer no sistema; (b) elas devem desempenhar seus papéis específicos de maneira confiável e (c) devem ser inovadoras e atuar espontaneamente, além das prescrições do seu papel. As diversas abordagens conceituais e as respectivas fontes teóricas utilizadas na investigação do comprometimento organizacional fazem com que seja oportuno o estudo para a proposição de um modelo conceitual mais abrangente, para o melhor entendimento desse fenômeno, tendo em vista a relevância do tema e os dilemas que o circundam. Portanto, o problema central da pesquisa é o de elaborar uma proposição de modelo conceitual, considerando-se as variáveis antecedentes à variável do comprometimento, baseando-se no referencial teórico apresentado e nas especificidades brasileiras; e, posteriormente, constatar sua coerência frente às estratégias de Recursos Humanos adotadas por empresas que pretendem obter vantagem competitiva sustentável, com base no fator humano, em longo prazo. A pesquisa foi aplicada a duas empresas de culturas distintas: 525 colaboradores da Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo-Metrô e 180 colaboradores da Nortel Networks do Brasil responderam a um questionário de 153 questões sobre diversas variáveis precedentes ao comprometimento. Utilizou-se a Análise e Modelagem de Equações Estruturais SEM e o programa AMOS 3.61b (w32) para conseguir avaliar as relações entre todas as variáveis ao mesmo tempo. A segunda etapa da pesquisa constituiu-se na realização de entrevistas com pessoas da administração das duas empresas para o desvendar das respectivas culturas organizacionais. Deste modo, pôde-se apreciar a relação existente entre as diferentes culturas e as principais variáveis explicativas do comprometimento dos colaboradores. As descobertas do trabalho reafirmam a importância de novas pesquisas para validar os modelos que foram obtidos nos estudos de caso. / The importance of the collaborator´s commitment to the organization´s objectives is evidenced in function of the new paradigm of industrial production: the integrated flexible automation. Since the beginning of mass production plants started by the automobile industry until recently, the paradigm taylorism/fordism has been the dominant. This model, marked by the rigid automation and electromechanics is characterized by the use of collaborators with low education level and minimum qualification, for the extreme division of the work getting the tasks simple, routine and pre-specified and presenting any intervention´s need in productive process. The new emerging technical of integrated flexible automation has in the diversification a factor of competitive advantage and a facility of capture new markets, unlike traditional technical that looks for productivity through economies of scale, obtained by the machinery of large production of standardized items. This new paradigm, called of toyotism is different from the taylorism/fordism concerning production organization and work processes, as a whole. This means that instead of alienated and non prepared human resources the new situation demands a team of qualified and committed collaborators that participate actively in the productive process. This shift explains several researchers\' dedication on collaborators\' commitment to their works, since the beginning of the eighties, aiming to understand the main variables that explain the behavior of humans facing the work. The authors emphasize the importance of three essential factors to the operation of the organizations: (a) people should be induced to enter and stay in the system; (b) they should play their specific roles in a reliable way; and (c) they should be innovative and act spontaneously, yonder the prescriptions of the role. The several conceptual approaches and the respective theoretical sources in the investigation of organizational commitment result in an opportune study for the proposition of a large conceptual model, for the best understanding of that phenomenon, considering the prominence of the theme and the dilemmas that surround it. Therefore, the central problem of the research is elaborate a proposition of a conceptual model, considering the antecedent variables of the commitment, basing on the presented theoretical referential and in the brazilian peculiarities; and, later, verify his coherence regarding the strategies of human resources adopted by companies that intend to obtain maintainable competitive advantage, with base in the human factor, in long period. The research was applied to two companies of different cultures: 525 collaborators of the Subway of São Paulo and 180 collaborators of Nortel Networks of Brazil answered a questionnaire of 153 subjects on several precedent variables to the commitment. It was used the Analysis and Modelling of Structural Equations SEM and the program AMOS 3.61b (w32) to get the evaluation of the relationships among all the variables at the same time. The second stage of the research was constituted in the accomplishment of interviews with people of administrative level for unmasking of the respective organizational cultures. This way, the existent relationship can be appreciated between the different cultures and the main explanatory variables of the collaborators\' commitment. This work strongly confirms the importance of new researches to validate the models that were obtained in the two cases.

nÃo hà / This work aimed to investigate the existing links between the Internal Social Responsibiliy (ISR) and the Organizational Commitment. The practices on the Internal Social Responsibility considered herein were the social indications from ETHOS Institute of Companies and Social Responsibility, focusing the following points: dialogues and participation; human respect and decent work (ETHOS, 2006). This study has taken use of a documental and exploratory research(CERVO; BERVIAN, 1983). The research bibliography approached the social responsibility according to Ashley (2003), Mcintosh et al. (2001), Oliveira (2002), Srour (2003), and the organizational commitment with the authors Bastos et al. (1997), Bonavides, Oliveira e Medeiros (2006), Medeiros et al. (2005), Meyer e Herscovitch (2001). The documental research was a base for the research samples and for the identification of the developed actions held by the companies. The present research was done in two big companies in the areas of services: the sewage and water company in Cearà State(CAGECE) and Guanabara Transportation Company(GUANABARA), both winners of Delmiro Gouveia Award in social responsibility and in the social performance category. The data collection was done through a methodology of survey application divided in: elaboration of data collection, a series of ordered questions with three sets of RSI indices, and three bases of organizational commitment, where it was used Liket scale of variation from one to five to the answers. The questionnaire was answered by hand and was applied with two hundred and twenty operational level employees, divided in an equable way in the two companies. The presentation methods and the analysis of data expanded in three blocks: the first deals with the profile of the interviewees out of an arithmetic average and relative attendances; the second presents the main analysis of components through the factorial analysis which present the principal actions in RSI which produced commitment; and the third block deals with a comparative analysis involving the two companies. As instruments of process it was used the SPSS and the Excel programs. The results obtained in this research show that the internal social responsibility has a great influence in the organization commitment of the workers. The actions of the internal social responsibility which most influence in the expected commitment have a lot to do with the social index dialogue and participation, model quoted by Valladares, Leal Filho and Roman(2005); (GuimarÃes and Borges, Marques and Adorno(2005), and the model of commitment generated by these actions is the affectivity. / Este trabalho buscou investigar os vÃnculos existentes entre as prÃticas de responsabilidade social interna - RSI e o comprometimento organizacional. As prÃticas de responsabilidade social internas consideradas foram os indicadores sociais do Instituto Ethos de Empresas e Responsabilidade Social, enfocando os seguintes pontos: diÃlogo e participaÃÃo, respeito ao indivÃduo e trabalho decente (ETHOS, 2006). Este estudo caracteriza-se como uma pesquisa exploratÃria, descritiva e comparativa, apoiando-se em pesquisa bibliogrÃfica e documental (CERVO; BERVIAN, 1983). A pesquisa bibliogrÃfica abordou a responsabilidade social baseada nos autores Ashley (2003), Mcintosh et al. (2001), Oliveira (2002), Srour (2003) e o comprometimento organizacional com os autores Bastos et al. (1997), Bonavides, Oliveira e Medeiros (2006), Medeiros et al. (2005), Meyer e Herscovitch (2001). A pesquisa documental foi base para a definiÃÃo das amostras da pesquisa e para a identificaÃÃo das aÃÃes desenvolvidas pelas empresas. A pesquisa foi realizada em duas empresas de grande porte no ramo de serviÃos, a Companhia de Ãgua e Esgoto do Cearà - CAGECE e a Expresso Guanabara, ganhadoras do PrÃmio Delmiro Gouveia de Responsabilidade Social, na Categoria Desempenho Social 2006. A coleta de dados deu-se por meio da aplicaÃÃo de um survey, dividido em: elaboraÃÃo do instrumento de coleta de dados, sÃrie ordenada de perguntas, com trÃs blocos dos indicadores de RSI e as trÃs Ãncoras de comprometimento organizacional, adotando-se uma escala Liket de variaÃÃo de 1 a 5 para as respostas. O questionÃrio foi respondido por escrito e aplicado a 220 funcionÃrios de nÃvel operacional, divididos de forma igualitÃria nas duas empresas. Os mÃtodos de apresentaÃÃo e a anÃlise dos dados desenvolveram-se em trÃs blocos, o primeiro trata do perfil dos entrevistados a partir de uma mÃdia aritmÃtica e freqÃÃncias relativas, o segundo apresenta a anÃlise dos componentes principais, atravÃs da anÃlise fatorial, que apresenta as principais aÃÃes de RSI que geraram comprometimento, e o terceiro faz uma anÃlise comparativa entre as duas empresas; como instrumentos de processamento, foram utilizados os programas SPSS 10.0 e Excel. Os resultados obtidos indicam que a responsabilidade social interna tem grande influÃncia no comprometimento organizacional do trabalhador. As aÃÃes de responsabilidade social interna que exercem maior influÃncia no comprometimento partem do indicador social diÃlogo e participaÃÃo, modelo citado por Valladares, Leal Filho e Roman (2005); (GuimarÃes e Borges, Marques e Adorno (2005) e o modelo de comprometimento gerado por estas aÃÃes à o afetivo.

Comprometimento organizacional é um tema complexo e que vem gerando, na literatura e na prática, discussões em relação à análise dos antecedentes e das variáveis que possam avaliá-la. Para as organizações que vem passando por uma transformação rumo a participação estratégica tão almejada e nem sempre alcançada mostra imperativo o gerenciamento de um comprometimento afetivo. Para este trabalho foi realizada a análise da literatura existente, seguida de uma pesquisa de campo. Por meio de uma pesquisa exploratória, descritiva e quantitativa, buscou-se responder se existe relação entre uma comunicação interna eficaz e o comprometimento afetivo das pessoas nas organizações. A literatura mostrou que a comunicação é um dos principais fatores de comprometimento e que o processo de comunicação é um processo fundamental na estratégia do comprometimento. Assim, essa comunicação deve ser planejada, dispondo de canais e instrumentos diversos, permitindo assim a atuação sinérgica de todas as áreas da organização. A partir destes aspectos e conceitos elaborados, foi desenvolvida uma pesquisa de campo, que envolveu 79 funcionários de uma empresa do ranking das ?100 Melhores Empresas para Você Trabalhar?, de 2003, publicada pela Guia da Revista Exame, da Você S. A. Os resultados demonstraram que existe uma forte dependência e associação entre a comunicação interna eficaz, planejamento da comunicação organizacional e o comprometimento afetivo, permitindo concluir que o comprometimento afetivo está associada a comunicação interna eficaz. / Organizational commitment is a complex theme that has been generating, both in literature and practice, discussions concerning the relationship between the past data and variables that may evaluate them. The organization looking for the strategic participation but not exactly finding that shows the need of an affective commitment. In order to find out that, it was searched the existing literature followed by a field research. Through an exploratory and descriptive research, it was explored if there is any relationship between an efficient internal communication and the affective commitment among people within an organization. The literature showed that communication is one of the main commitment factors and that the communication process is fundamental in the commitment strategy. It means, communication must be planned, with different channels and tools, permitting in this way, all areas to act synergistically in the organization. Elaborating these aspects and concepts, it was developed a field research, involving 79 employees from a company presented in the ?100 Melhores Empresas para Você Trabalhar? ranking, in 2003, published by the Revista Exame Guide, Você S. A. The results demonstrated that there is a great dependence and association among an efficient internal communication, organizational communication plan and the affective commitment, so that it´s possible to conclude that the affective commitment is associated to an efficient internal communication.

Magister Scientiae - MSc (Medical BioSciences) / Organisations are by nature, dynamic entities that continuously undergo transformation in response to both internal and external pressures, which are imposed on them (Robbins, Odendaal & Roodt, 2003). Government departments are by no means immune to these changes, which pose challenges that affect their service delivery. During periods of fundamental transformation, individuals typically experience changes in their levels of organisational commitment, which impacts on effective and efficient service delivery. Organisational commitment as an area of research is one of the factors that could lead to greater morale, strong organisational climate, motivation and productivity in many organisations facing transformation (Salami, 2008). The aim of this study was to investigate the level of organisational commitment after a transformation process at a Provincial Government Department. Recent organisational transformations (both in the private and public sector) have included the redrawing of divisional boundaries, flattening of hierarchic levels, spreading of spans of control, revising compensation, streamlining processes and reforming governance (Ndlovu & Brijball Parusumar, 2005). The results of the research indicate that employees are moderately committed to the organisation. Statistically significant relationships were found between the dimensions of organisational commitment, except for affective commitment and total commitment which were not significant. Furthermore, results indicate that statistically significant differences exist based on the biographical characteristics (namely, gender, race, tenure, marital status, age and job level) but these characteristics do not significantly explain the variance in organisational commitment for this organisation. A limitation of the research is that the sampling composition and research design preclude the results of this study being generalised to other organisations and it is recommended that a stratified random sampling design be utilised for future research. / South Africa