TY - JOUR
T1 - Antecedents of Organizational Commitment in public organizations: an analysis of organizational and personal variables
AU - Licandro, Oscar Daniel
AU - Correa Garcia, Marina Patricia
AU - Uriarte, Federico
PY - 2026/3/10
Y1 - 2026/3/10
N2 - Research on the antecedents of organizational commitment has largely overlooked employees in public organizations, despite the significant qualitative and quantitative weight of this sector. This study aims to assess whether a broad range of variables identified in the literature effectively function as antecedents of organizational commitment in public institutions. First, the antecedents were grouped into five categories: (1) organizational profile (e.g., size); (2) organizational management (e.g., internal social responsibility practices); (3) employees’ emotional and perceptual factors (e.g., job satisfaction); (4) employees’ work relationship (e.g., type of task); and (5) employees’ socio-cultural profile (e.g., educational level). Second, the research employed an empirical study on a statistically representative sample of public employees
residing in Uruguay. For each category, selected antecedents were transformed into indicators that operationalized the constructs. Organizational commitment was measured using a shortened version of the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ), originally designed and validated by Professor Lyman W. Porter and colleagues in 1974. All indicators were included in a survey distributed via Facebook. Findings revealed that variables linked to organizational profile, work relationship, and socio-cultural profile showed no association with organizational commitment, or only a weak one. In contrast, internal social responsibility practices (organizational management) and job satisfaction (emotional factor) demonstrated strong individual positive relationships with organizational commitment. Moreover, the results uncovered a combined effect of both. These findings enrich research in this field and provide relevant insights for directors and human resource managers working in the public sector.
AB - Research on the antecedents of organizational commitment has largely overlooked employees in public organizations, despite the significant qualitative and quantitative weight of this sector. This study aims to assess whether a broad range of variables identified in the literature effectively function as antecedents of organizational commitment in public institutions. First, the antecedents were grouped into five categories: (1) organizational profile (e.g., size); (2) organizational management (e.g., internal social responsibility practices); (3) employees’ emotional and perceptual factors (e.g., job satisfaction); (4) employees’ work relationship (e.g., type of task); and (5) employees’ socio-cultural profile (e.g., educational level). Second, the research employed an empirical study on a statistically representative sample of public employees
residing in Uruguay. For each category, selected antecedents were transformed into indicators that operationalized the constructs. Organizational commitment was measured using a shortened version of the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ), originally designed and validated by Professor Lyman W. Porter and colleagues in 1974. All indicators were included in a survey distributed via Facebook. Findings revealed that variables linked to organizational profile, work relationship, and socio-cultural profile showed no association with organizational commitment, or only a weak one. In contrast, internal social responsibility practices (organizational management) and job satisfaction (emotional factor) demonstrated strong individual positive relationships with organizational commitment. Moreover, the results uncovered a combined effect of both. These findings enrich research in this field and provide relevant insights for directors and human resource managers working in the public sector.
KW - Organizational Commitment, Antecedents, Public Organizations, Internal Social Responsibility, Job satisfaction
U2 - 10.5281/zenodo.18903910
DO - 10.5281/zenodo.18903910
M3 - Artículo
SN - 2255-5684
VL - 14
SP - 41
JO - GECONTEC: Revista Internacional De Gestión Del Conocimiento Y La Tecnología
JF - GECONTEC: Revista Internacional De Gestión Del Conocimiento Y La Tecnología
IS - 1
ER -