The influence of demographics, job characteristics and characteristics of organizations on employee commitment

Abstract

© 2016, Budapest Tech Polytechnical Institution. All rights reserved. How individuals behave in organizations became an emerging topic among both the scientific and business world during the past decade. Commitment of employees to their work and the organization is considered an important indicator of successful organizational behavior. Previous research on the demographic and individual characteristics of employees, as well as, job and characteristics of organizations has shown that they have significant influence on organizational commitment. This paper intends to reveal some crucial information on how these characteristics influence organizational commitment in Central European organizations. Our analysis resulted in several important findings, revealing some interesting differences and when compared to other studies conducted in mostly western developed environments: 1) Gender does not have any influence on organizational commitment 2) Characteristics of organizations and most demographic characteristics have little effect on organizational commitment 3) Job characteristics have strong impact on organizational commitment in Central European Organizations The research, in this paper, is part of a broader study, investigating the mutual influence of several leadership and organizational behavior related variables. Additional, partial results of this study, published in papers and conference proceedings from 2014, with the overall results scheduled for publishing in 2015.