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Employee Commitment in Organization

Chioma Nwokoro

Abstract

Employees’ commitment is an integral concept in the study of organizational behavior as indicated by the myriad studies conducted relative to this subject. Its importance lies on its effect on the overall efficiency of the organizations. This paper discusses the importance of organizational commitment. Moreover, it provides an overview of the factors that could affect the level of commitment of workers to their organizations and suggested the relevance of improving commitment of workers through the principle of employee motivations.

Keywords

Employees CommitmentOrganizational commitmentEmployee MotivationEmployee performance

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