Organizational Commitment (OC)

Organizational commitment: what is it?

The degree of attachment and devotion an employee has to their company is known as organizational commitment. It entails actively participating in the organization and wishing to favorably impact its performance it goes beyond just loyalty.

Organizational commitment is “the relative strength of an individual’s identification with and involvement in a particular organization,” according to Mowday, Porter, and Steers in Triatna (2015).

“An affective attachment to the goals and values of the organization, and to the organization for its own sake, apart from its purely instrumental worth” is what Buchanan (1974) defines as organizational commitment.

Three primary elements have been identified by studies as defining commitment:

1. A strong commitment to the goals and values of the organization.
2. A strong desire to work hard for the organization.
3. A strong desire to remain with the company.