A Study of Relationship between Demographical Variables, Organizational Structure and Social Interaction with Organizational Commitment among Employees of Saudi Arabia

Author:Nasser S. Al-Kahtani

Abstract:
The purpose of the present research paper is to investigate the relationship between demographical variables, organizational structure and social interaction with organizational commitment among public sectors employees working in Saudi Arabia. The sample consisted of 1,022 employees from different fifteen ministries of Saudi Arabia located at Riyadh. Research questions and a set of tools containing demographical variables, organizational commitment, organizational structure variables and social interaction variables were used to gather the information about the employees. Multiple regression and product moment correlation methods were used to test the hypotheses and research questions in the study. The results reveal that (i) demographical variables such as age, marital status and number of dependents were found significantly related with organizational commitment while, education was found significant but inversely related with organizational commitment. (ii) Organizational structure dimensions such as centralization and formalization were found significantly related with organizational commitment (iii) social interaction facets such as supervisory behavior and relationship with co-workers were found significantly related with organizational commitment. The implications of these findings suggest for the improvement of organizational commitment by using several human resource aspects to motive them for better performances.

Keywords:Keywords: Commitment, demographical variables, organizational structure, social interaction.

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International Journal of Trade & Commerce (Vol: 1 Issue:1)