Factors Influencing Organizational Commitment among Employees of Saha Pathanapibul Public Company Limited

Abstract

The objective of this research was to study the relationship between organizational commitment and work performance among employees of Saha Pathanapibul Public Company Limited. A questionnaire was used as a research instrument to collect data. The population of this study was 170 employees at the operational level of Saha Pathanapibul Public Company Limited, Head Office. Most of the respondents were female, 20-30 years old, single person, graduated with a bachelor's degree and had less than 5 years of working experience. Data were analyzed using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation and Multiple Regression Analysis at the statistical significance level of 0.05. By considering regression coefficients of predictor variables, the results of hypothesis testing indicated that of four organizational commitment factors, the willingness to work (Sig= 0.016) and confidence and acceptance of goals and values ​​(Sig =0.963) could not predict work performance. In contrast, the desire to maintain membership and organizational citizen could predict work performance with a statistical significance level of .05.

In conclusion, organizational commitment influenced work performance with a multiple correlation coefficient of 0.686 and this factor could predict 75.4% of the variation in work performance (R2 = 0.754) with a statistical significance level of .05 with the standard error of estimate of 0.179.