Facts
Employees with high levels of commitment and discretionary effort perform at a 20 per cent higher level than employees with low commitment and discretionary effort.
Every 10 per cent improvement in commitment can increase an employee’s effort level by six per cent, which then can increase performance by two per cent.
Highly committed employees are 87 per cent less likely to leave their organisation than those with
low commitments.
It is comprised of affective commitment (emotional attachment), continuance commitment (the economic cost to leave) and normative commitment (feelings of obligation and duty).
The committed employee is absent less often and is less likely than less committed employees to leave the organisation voluntarily.
Higher organisational commitment leads to higher loyalty, reduced work stress and a lower intention
to leave.