Organizational Climate and its Effect on Organizational Commitment: A Case of IT Industry in India

Abstract

The literature related to organizational psychology and organization behaviour indicate that organizational climate and commitment are significant contributing factors towards the organizational Success. This paper proposes the purpose of the study as to investigate the effect of organizational climate on IT industry employee’s organizational commitment. The research is cross-sectional, and a sample 236 IT employees survey was administered through the questionnaire. Regression analysis is used to check the impact. Results indicate that affective commitment significantly affected by all nine dimensions of organizational climate, while continuance commitment impacted by seven dimensions except career development and communication. Moreover, normative commitment highly correlated with all dimensions other than the communication. Overall organization climate has significant impact on commitment of employees.