Organizational Commitment Among Knowledge Workers: A Review

Abstract

This paper presents a series of literature review on organizational commitment among knowledge workers and discusses other factors which influences organizational commitment but are usually given little attention to. Despite of all the studies that have been conducted in the past decade, researchers have yet to come to an agreement on the characteristics of organizational commitment and how it develops among employees. With that in mind, it is necessary to define organizational commitment clearly and how it plays a role in retaining employees as well as augmenting organization performance. This paper includes a figure that encompasses of the antecedents of organizational commitment among knowledge workers. These antecedents were categorized into five categories; specifically, personal characteristics, job satisfaction, organizational justice, role states and employee perceptions. Thus, this paper proposes to function as a modern review, analysis and synthesis of the organizational commitment. Along with that, this paper intends to prepare a foundation for future researchers and practitioners studying organizational commitment among knowledge workers.