The Employees’ Organizational Commitment Impact on Organizational Change – The Introduction of New Work Strategy

Abstract

With the advent of new technology, globalization, global and regional financial economic distress, the pressure from the stakeholders, market competition and many others, have greatly affected many nations, institutions and organizations around the globe to change for many reasons. This paper attempts to shed light on the impact of employees’ organizational commitment to organizational change which is caused by the introduction of new work environment and strategy. A quantitative method was employed and the data was collected through questionnaires involving employees from different ranks in the Royal Malaysian Police in Labuan Branch, Sabah, Malaysia. Through quantitative analysis using SPSS, the findings reveal that there is a strong significant relationship between employees’ organizational commitment to organizational change. Being aware of the limitations in this study, it is recommended that future research to look at other influencing factors affecting organizational change such as work autonomy, leadership style etc. At the same time, looking from different research method such as qualitative approach will as well enrich the understanding of this social phenomenon.