Consequences of organizational commitment in abolished company sports team - A case study in Japan

• Published in: Work (Reading, Mass.) Vol. 41; no. S1; pp. 5754 - 5755
• Main Authors: Honda, Yuki, Hochi, Yasuyuki, Mizuno, Motoki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 2012
• Subjects: Adult; Attitude; Female; Humans; Japan; Job Satisfaction; Male; Middle Aged; Organizational Culture; Personnel Loyalty; Sports - economics; Sports - psychology; Japan; interview test; abolishment; bubble economy collapse
• ISSN: 1051-9815; 1875-9270
• DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0940-5754

The purpose of this study was to show that how the abolishment of company sports team influenced the organizational commitment in employees. In this study, Three-Component Model of Organizational Commitment (Meyer and Allen, 1997) was tested with 16 employees (10 males, 6 females) of T Company in NAGANO prefecture. The average age of the participants was 44, 50 years (SD=±0.85). And from 16 employees, 3 male employees were measured on organizational commitment with interview test. According to the analysis, the relation between organizational commitment in employees and the abolishment of company sports team was not positive significant correlation. Furthermore, results of interview test did not show the relation between organizational commitment in employees and the abolishment of company sports team. However, results of interview test showed the relation with organizational commitment of players in T Company sports team. Consequently, the goal to possess a sports team in T Company was not to boost organizational commitment in employees. In addition, it is necessary to reconsider the correlation among employees engaged in T Company in the future.