Why is Staff Commitment Important to an Organization?
Organizational experts believe that staff commitment is an important ingredient to organizational success6. In past research it has been found that highly committed staff possess a variety of desirable characteristics – characteristics which serve to enhance the organization’s ability to achieve its goals. For example, highly committed staff were high performers, were more involved in their jobs, were less likely to want to leave their work organizations for new jobs, exhibited less absenteeism, possessed high motivation to perform at their work, and expressed high job satisfaction. 6 Robinson, D., Simourd, L., & Porporino, F. (1991) Background to Staff Commitment Research project. Ottawa: Research and Statistics Branch, Correctional Service of Canada. See also, Mowday, R. t., Porter, L. W., and Steers, R. M. (1982). Employee-Organization Linkages: The Psychology of Commitment, Absenteeism, and Turnover. New York: Academic Press. In our study, staff who displayed strong commitment to t
