Abstract
Introduction:
Employee commitment has been described as one of the most important factors of organisational success. Managers as well as scholars continue to search for better ways to nurture commitment in the workforce and the current study aims to make a contribution in that regard, in the South African university context. Literature review was conducted on the concepts of employee commitment and affective commitment, as well as on employee commitment in a university environment.
Methodology:
The study adopted an explanatory research design, while the preferred research approach was the deductive method. Furthermore, the study chose a quantitative methodology in order to determine the common characteristics of the respondents. A survey by means of a questionnaire was used to gather data while descriptive statistics; t-test and ANOVA (analysis of variance) were conducted on IBM SPSS, Version 26.
Results:
The study aims to test how the variables of gender, age, qualification, and years in an organisation, as well as positions, influence affective commitment. The ANOVA analysis shows that none of the above variable has a positive relationship with affective commitment.
Recommendations:
Scholars to conduct more studies into factors that influence affective commitment, while HRM practitioners to identify and implement practices that infuse commitment.