EXAMINING THE ANTECEDENTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF UN AND EU POLICE CONTINGENTS IN CONFLICT AND TERROR AREAS

Abstract

Examining the Antecedents of Organizational Commitment in the context of UN and EU Police Contingents in Conflict and Terror Areas By Onur Murat KOPRULU Dissertation Director: Dr. Norman Samuels: Professor and Provost Emeritus This dissertation explores organizational commitment attitudes and factors affecting them among peacekeepers deployed for intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) in peacekeeping settings. Existing literature indicates that the construct of organizational commitment is considered highly significant in relation to organizational effectiveness; by extension, an employee’s organizational commitment and attitude have an important impact on work outcomes such as effort, coming to work on time, absenteeism, job performance, employee health and well being, organizational citizenship behavior, and retention. To this purpose, this analysis is one of the scarce studies enhancing our understanding of organizational commitment in the context of important institutions of global governance such as the UN or EU. This study helps enhance our understanding of the structures and operation of those organizations. This study utilized a mixed methods approach, applying both quantitative and qualitative analyses based on a theoretical model developed by examining equity theory and the extant literature. This study hypothesized that the components of equity theory would be significant in shaping organizational commitment attitudes of the employees of