Employees’ Commitment and Its Impact on Organizational Performance

The purpose of this study was to identify the impact of Employees’ Commitment on Organizational Performance in Eravurpatru Divisional Secretariat in the district of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. The three commitments (Affective, Normative, Continuous) have been taken as independent variables and Organizational Performance as the dependent variable.

Both descriptive and explanatory research methodologies were adopted in this study. A five point Likert-Type scaled questionnaire was constructed and administered among selected Staff of Eravurpatru Divisional Secretariat. The results of the study indicate that the Employees’ Commitment (Affective, Normative, Continuous) are significantly related to Organizational Performance in Eravurpatru Divisional Secretariat. The research findings reveal that there exists positive relationship between the three commitments and Organizational Performance. It has also been proved from the results that there exists strong correlation between the three independent variables and Organizational Performance. These outcomes in turn are associated with guiding the top management for working towards increasing employees’ commitment level, and the management should hire employees who are likely to become linked to the organization, this shall have a great impact and take the organization towards promising competitive edge.