Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2021.1997624
How do demographic characteristics relate to organizational commitment? Evidence from Croatia
Danica Bakotić
orcid.org/0000-0001-8191-4872
Abstract
Organizational commitment gets significant attention from both
scientists and practitioners alike since the 1950s. This interest is
evident in the literature in the area of management and organizational behaviour, in an impressive number of studies exploring
the nature, antecedents, and outcomes of organizational commitment. The aim of this paper is to contribute to the clarification of
the relationship between employees’ demographic characteristics
and their organizational commitment, since research studies imply
mainly inconsistent results about this relationship. The empirical
research was carried out in Croatia. The research sample includes
304 employees. A self-developed questionnaire was used for data
collection, specifically about gender, age, tenure, education, and
marital status. In order to assess organizational commitment, the
Organizational Commitment Scale was applied. Research results
showed no differences in organizational commitment regarding
the employees’ gender or marital status, while the differences in
employees’ organizational commitment exist regarding employees’ age, tenure in organization and education. Dwelling into
these differences, this paper demonstrates that the level of organizational commitment varies according to different subcategories
of each demographic characteristic. In addition, this paper
explains the origin and possible reasons of differences in organizational commitment regarding the different subcategories of
each demographic characteristic.
Keywords
Organizational commitment; employees; demographic characteristics
Hrčak ID:
302612
URI
Publication date:
31.3.2023.
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