Personal Characteristics and Job Satisfaction as Predictors of Organizational Commitment:An Empirical Investigation

The main objective of this study was to assess the level of employee commitment in selected industries in Assam and to empirically identify the correlates and predictors of organizational commitment. The sample comprised of 120 employees belonging to the service sector and one manufacturing sector. The results reveal that majority of the employees had a moderate level of organizational commitment. Interestingly, the level of commitment of the service sector employees was found to be higher than their counterparts in the manufacturing sector. The study further found that gender and marital status has no significant relation to organizational commitment. Amongst the predictors of organizational commitment, regression analysis indicated extrinsic job satisfaction as the strongest predictor variable and age as the weakest predictor variable.