Organizational Commitment: Status Quo in Qatar

Qatar is a fast growing economy which is largely dependent on expatriate labour. This creates a unique situation that affects organizational commitment. This research focusses on understanding the relationship between the job characteristics and organizational commitment. The first of its kind of st...

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Published inSCMS journal of Indian management Vol. 9; no. 3; p. 5
Main Authors Al-Esmael, Bader A, Faisal, Mohd Nishat
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kochi School of Communication & Management Studies 01.07.2012
Subjects
Corporate culture
Economic growth
Employees
Employment
Expatriate employees
Human resource management
Identification
Natural gas
Studies
Qatar
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Summary:Qatar is a fast growing economy which is largely dependent on expatriate labour. This creates a unique situation that affects organizational commitment. This research focusses on understanding the relationship between the job characteristics and organizational commitment. The first of its kind of study in Qatar, it presents the relationships among various job characteristics and the dimensions of organizational commitment. The study provides good support for the predictive effect of job characteristics on organizational commitment, indicating that enriching jobs through changing the four core job dimensions would have a positive effect on employees' organizational commitment.
ISSN:0973-3167