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Does Engagement of Employees affect to Organizational Commitment? Evidence from Non-Academics in Sri Lankan State Universities

Human Resource Management Journal

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Title Does Engagement of Employees affect to Organizational Commitment? Evidence from Non-Academics in Sri Lankan State Universities
 
Creator Piyasena, KGCC
Kottawatta, H
 
Description Area of the Study This study is aimed to discuss the impact of employee engagement on the organizational commitment of the Sri Lankan non-academics in the state universities. Problem of the Study As an interesting research area, there are different finds of the impact of employee engagement on the organizational commitment. However, it is difficult to find the empirical findings of these two phenomenons among the non-academics in the state universities. Therefore the problem of the study is: Does employee engagement of non-academics in the state universities affect their organizational commitment? Method of the study 317 non-academics in the Sri Lankan state universities were selected randomly as the sample of the study and structured questionnaire was used to measure the employee engagement and organizational commitment of the sample respondents. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were basically used statistical analysis of the study. Findings of the Study The major finding of the study is that there is a positive and significant relationship and impact of employee engagement and organizational commitment of the non-academics in the state universities. However, there is weak and no relationship was found between the employee engagement (both job engagement and organizational engagement) with the continuance commitment. Conclusion of the Study The administrations of the state universities have to consider the employee engagement as an important human behavior and they have to pay their attention to enrich the employee engagement. Keywords: Employee Engagement, Organizational Commitment, Non-academics, State Universities
 
Publisher University of Sri Jayewardenepura
 
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Date 2018-12-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://journals.sjp.ac.lk/index.php/hrmj/article/view/3588
10.31357/hrmj.v6i2.3588
 
Source Human Resource Management Journal; Vol 6, No 2 (2018): Human Resource Management Journal
2012-7227
10.31357/hrmj.v6i2
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://journals.sjp.ac.lk/index.php/hrmj/article/view/3588/2844
10.31357/hrmj.v6i2.3588.g2844
 
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