Asian Journal of Multidimensional Research (AJMR)

Organizational behavior is the study of attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors exhibited by people in the workplace. Commitment is one of the basic constructs in behavioral studies. Behavioral scientists claim that managers who know why workers act the ways they do, are better equipped to encourage employees to add to the achievement of organizational goals. It was found that the higher an employee's commitment, the more likely he or she commits to "go the extra mile" and deliver excellent on-the-job performance. They are also five times less likely to leave the company voluntarily. Therefore, this article investigates the previous research and theories of organizational commitment using the exploratory methodology and an analysis of various relevant kinds of literature related to organizational commitment and its potential implications for human resource management (HRM).. After analyzing the previous literature, we find a variety of definitions for organizational commitment. However, all of them include one or all of the meanings like emotional attachment to the organization, the obligation to remain and the need to stay with the organization. There are two assessment tools for evaluating employee commitment levels. A critical review of the literature also indicates that many factors influence organizational commitment; characteristics such as, personal, organizational, attitudinal, job and work experience are prominent factors. These identified factors in this paper can be improved by specific interventions as a part of HRM. Moreover, commitment was found to be related to intent and desire to remain, job performance and intention to leave