Demographic Characteristics as Antecedents of Organisational Commitment

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate employees’ demographic characteristics as antecedents of organizational commitment. Using a combination of descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis on data collected from a population of staff at CNG Rwanda, the study finds the following: Employees recorded high levels of organizational commitment. Age and gender significantly negatively affected overall organizational commitment, continuance and normative commitment, while marital status affected the same significantly positively. Work experience and duty station affected affective commitment positively but continuance commitment negatively. Employee’s work location significantly affected continuance and normative commitments. Level of formal education insignificantly affected all types of commitment consistently. The findings imply that demographic characteristics played a significant role as antecedents of organizational commitment. Generalization of these findings is, however, limited to the studied organization. It is therefore recommended that a bigger sample from a well-mixed set of organizations across Rwanda should be studied.