Impact of Training on Organizational Commitment: An Evidence of General Universities of Sindh

Abstract

Research is being examined on the influence of training over organizational commitment amongst faculty members working in higher educational institutions in Sindh, concentrating on three general universities. A cross-sectional survey was conducted by collecting data from 380 faculty members. Validating scales focusing on three dimensions of organizational commitments affective, normative, and continuous. The study also evaluates the perceptions of training programs, including their kinds, adeptness, and relevance. Descriptive statistics concludes the characteristics of the sample and reliability analysis assured the survey’s internal consistency. Regression analysis assessed the relationship between training and every dimension of organizational commitment along with demographic variables. The outcomes show a significant positive association between training and each dimension of organizational commitment. Faculty members who received training from their organization perceived the highest level of organizational investment for their career growth, which led to their commitment to their organizations/institutions.

Recommendations pertain to all the resources allocated for their training programs, encouraging continuous learning, and assimilating training objectives into performance management. Motivating faculty members for team management and knowledge sharing is being highlighted. The current research’s consequences underscored the importance of ongoing training initiatives for improving organizational commitments and faculty retention. Limitations are focus is being made on specific institutions, the limitations in the causal interference are being designed on cross-sectional and potential response bias from personally reported data. Future studies should be longitudinal designs, and qualitative methodologies, and discover furthermore variables to clearly understand the association between training programs and all the dimensions of organizational commitment.