Relating Organizational Commitment to Eudaimonic Wellbeing

Abstract

The paper  examines  relationships  between  organizational  commitment -  including  affective,  continuance  and normative  commitment  and  eudaimonic wellbeing. We  employed  a  cross-sectional  design  and  the  data   were  obtained  from different  government  organizations  like hospitals , colleges  and  public  administration  offices ( N = 163).  Multiple  regression  analysis  revealed  that  organizational  commitment   significantly predicted  eudaimonic  wellbeing.  Further,   Affective  commitment  was  found  to  be  the  strongest  predictor.  Normative  and  Continuance  commitment  did not  predict  eudaimonic  wellbeing  but  we  found  negative relations  between  normative  commitment  and  few  indices  of  wellbeing. The  research  demonstrates  that  being affectively  committed  to  your  organization  can  result  in greater  levels  of  wellbeing. This presents  a  win-win  situation  for  both  the  employer  and  the  employee.

Keywords :  organizational  commitment ,  eudaimonic  wellbeing , positive  psychology.