Organizational Commitmentand Job Performance: A Conceptual Model

Abstract

Employee performance is linchpin for the survival and wellbeing of an organisation. Higher job performance leads to increased productivity as well as organisations’ service quality delivery, productivity, and profitability. This underscores the need for organisations to motivate their employees towards higher performance. Organisational commitment is an important employee motivation because it is typically assumed to reduce withdrawal behaviors such as lateness, absenteeism and turnover which could have adverse consequences on the overall organisational performance. It is believed that employees with strong organisational commitment will work harder in order to contribute to the organization. The primary objective of this study is to examine the existing literature on effects of Organisational Commitment on Employee Job Performance. From the literatures reviewed, the study found that there are inconsistencies of findings on the effect of organisational commitment on job performance. Furthermore, the study found that there is no existing literature that examined the relationship between organisational commitment and job performance on the employees of National Identity Management Commission, Nigeria. The study therefore recommends an empirical examination of the relationship between organisational commitment and job performance among employees of national identity management commission.