The Relationship etween Organizational Commitment and Employee Performance (Case of Arbaminch Mekaneyesus Wholistic Education and Training center)

Abstract

The quality of service delivery of any organization depends on the presence of committed and talented employees. Employees are main sources for organizations in meeting objectives in both public and private sector organizations. Therefore,giving emphasis for employees become a big issue in each particular organization. Organizational commitment is important attitudes in assessing employees’ intention to quit and the overall contribution of the employee to the organization. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between employee performance and organizational commitments (affective, continuance, and normative commitment) in the case of Arbaminch Mekaneyesus Wholistic Education and Training center (AMYWETC). Total participants in the research were 90.Two separate instruments, namely employee performance questions and organizational commitment questionnaire (OCQ), were used to measure employee performance and employees’ organizational commitment respectively. The researcher used descriptive Research approach and censes method. The findings of the study revealed that , affective commitment (AC) was found to have a significant strong positive relationship with employee perceived performance ,Normative commitment (NC) was found to have also a significant strong positive relationship with employee perceived performance (EP) and Continuance commitment (CC) was significantly positively correlated with employee perceived performance at respectively in Arbaminch Mekaneyesus Wholistic Education and Training center (AMYWETC).Some of the recommendations forwarded were Giving more emphasis for employees need: even though focusing on result will bring short-term benefit. But it doesn't have sustainability so that it's better to give more concern for the need of employees could increase employees’ commitment, motivating its employees more. Low commitment levels are a direct result of low morale. Innovative schemes to improve employee morale would help increase commitment levels. A simple way of improving morale is to organize team building exercises and encourage employees to be innovative and risk taker.