The relationship between organizational commitment and employee job performance among support staff at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak / Vivian Puyang Laman

• Main Author: Laman, Vivian Puyang
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Personnel management. Employment management; Performance standards
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/57939/1/57939.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/57939/

Organizational commitment (OC) is one of the most critical elements that every organizations should be aware about because this element has an impact on the employees’ performance. It is very importance in any organization and it should not be underrated. Employees with strong organizational tend to work hard and have a good discipline at work in order to contribute to organization’s performance. This research investigated organizational commitment among the support staff at faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, UNIMAS using Allen and Meyer’s Three- Component Model (TCM). Findings revealed that the support staffs in the faculty have a strong desire to stay in the university. All of the support staff desire to stay in the university because they feel they ought to. This feeling is driven by their loyalty and belongingness to the university. Overall, the result shows that the support staffs in the faculty have a strong continuance commitment to the university and they have a good job performance as well.