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Organizational Commitment as a Measure of Managerial Motivation

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  • Baldev R. Sharma

    (Baldev R. Sharma is Professor Emeritus at the International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi, India. E-mail: baldevsharma@imi.edu)

  • Mamta Mohapatra

    (Mamta Mohapatra is Professor at the International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi, India. E-mail: mamta@imi.edu)

  • Snigdha Rai

    (Snigdha Rai (Corresponding author) is Assistant Professor at the International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi, India. E-mail: snigdha.rai@imi.edu)

Abstract

The study on which this article is based was carried out in a multinational manufacturing organization operating in India. The study was aimed at ascertaining the level of motivation of the managerial employees as well as to identify the predictors thereof. Organizational commitment was used as a proxy measure of managerial motivation. Guided by the review of literature, certain personal attributes of the employees, a measure of job characteristics and several dimensions of organizational climate were used as the potential predictors of organizational commitment. The study obtains the data from 507 managers working in a multinational manufacturing organization. Data was collected online with the help of structured questionnaire. The study has found that ( a ) the level of managerial motivation is quite high, ( b ) the employees are endowed with a positive work ethic and governed by internal locus of control, but ( c ) there is considerable variation in the ratings given to various dimensions of organizational climate. The result of step-wise regression analysis has revealed six factors as the critical predictors of organizational commitment.

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  • Baldev R. Sharma & Mamta Mohapatra & Snigdha Rai, 2013. "Organizational Commitment as a Measure of Managerial Motivation," Management and Labour Studies, XLRI Jamshedpur, School of Business Management & Human Resources, vol. 38(3), pages 139-153, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:manlab:v:38:y:2013:i:3:p:139-153
    DOI: 10.1177/0258042X13509735
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