Literature Review of Instruments Measuring Organisational Commitment

Abstract

Numerous instruments have been created to measure the construct, organizational commitment, ever since its conceptualization, as scope, specificity and possibility of its empirical measurement has also been a subject of various theoretical examinations. A literature review of research articles, accessed from EBSCOHOST, J-GATE and Google Scholar databases, measuring, Organizational Commitment have been undertaken, to establish their reliability and utility. After identifying 195 relevant studies, 37 were short listed based on inclusion criteria. Empirical articles in English, having keywords in the ‘Title/Keywords’ and measuring instruments used in minimum two studies, have been included. Final scrutiny led to identification of seven instruments and analysis of three different & extensively used measuring instruments. Literature review highlighted, need for scholars to acquaint themselves about inadequacies of these instruments as it aids their refinement and study of commitment. Future research on the subject needs to focus on integration of organizational and personal characteristics affecting Organizational Commitment, develop a model concerning these relationships and their implications.