The Impact of Change on Organisation Commitment in Zimbabwean Universities

Abstract

This paper sought to establish the impact of change on organisation commitment amongst state university lecturers in Zimbabwe. The paper examined current thinking amongst lecturers with respect to changes that have been introduced in the university education sector in Zimbabwe. This research focused on the determinants of organisation commitment which are: shared vision & culture, Emotional attachment, Training & development, Reward systems & Emotional attachment. A total of 500 respondents were purposely selected from the country’s ten state universities and it was established that the teaching staff generally lack commitment towards their employer. This is mainly because of changes that are implemented using a top down approach.