A Study of Relationship between Job Characteristics and Organisational Commitment among Private Sectors, Cuddalore

This study focuses on the relationship between job characteristics and organisatinal commitment of private industries. A convenience sampling method was carried out among the industries in Cuddalore town. 100 samples were identified and valid surveys were obtained. Regression was performed to find the influence of independent variable on dependent variable. Findings show that, feedback (β =.794, t = 5.521, P <.01) made a positive significant contribution in predicting organizational commitment. Thus, it was seen that all the job characteristic dimensions were significant contributors to organizational commitment; it was observed that job variety predicted organizational commitment at 0.48% followed by friendship at.29%. When autonomy, dealing with others and task identity are considered, they had no significant predictive power.