This study is an assessment of the relative importance of
sociodemographic, structural, and attitudinal variables in accounting for organizational
commitment. A block-recursive model is used to conceptualize
the relationship between the independent variables and organizational commitment.
The sample for the study is drawn from payroll rosters of employees of
a large state university and comprises two subsamples: classified staff (permanent)
employees and non-student hourly wage (temporary) employees.
Sociodemographic characteristics, structural conditions of their employment,
and their underlying attitudes toward work in general and toward their employer
are measured through the use of an anonymous questionnaire. Data
were collected from 416 employees.
The study finds no significant differences in the two subsamples regarding
degrees of various dimensions of commitment or in determinants of
organizational commitment. It is hypothesized that the absence of any major
differences between the two groups may be explained by the currently unstable employment conditions for all workers regardless of their employment
status.
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