International Journal in Management & Social Science
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 11

The impact of organizational career development on employees’ organizational commitment in Pakistan

  • Author:
  • Saba Nosheen, Mushtaq A Sajid, Adnan Hanif
  • Total Page Count: 14
  • Page Number: 290 to 303

*Deputy Assistant Director, IST, Islamabad

**Dean, UMSIT

***Research Associate, University of Management Sciences & IT(UMSIT), Kotli, AJ&K

Online published on 10 April, 2015.

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the relationship between organizational career development and organizational commitment and its each dimensions, i.e. affective, continuance and normative. Empirical evidence was drawn from 231 permanent faculty members of five public sector universities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Linear regression analysis was used to test the hypothesized relationships. Findings of this study established a positive relationship between organizational career development and organizational commitment and its three dimensions (Affective, Normative and Continuance). Our study investigates how organization career development impact employee's organizational commitment; this will help organizations to recognize the needs of their workforce so that they can provide their employee with valued organizational practices which will help in enhancing the organizational commitment of the employees.

Keywords

Pakistan, organizational career development, organizational commitment, affective commitment, normative commitment, continuance commitment, output, organization development