The Effect Of Individual Cultural Values On Organizational Commitment: A Field Research On Selected Countries

As a result of global competition brought about by globalization in the post-1980 period, with the widespread use of management approaches based on “human†, the results of organizational commitment for both the employee and the organization were considered to be extremely important, and it has been discussed and researched in many studies. When the literature studies are examined, it is seen that there are many different variables that affect organizational commitment. The main purpose of this study is to determine the effect of individual cultural values on organizational commitment. In addition, it will be examined whether there is a significant difference between individual culture sub-dimensions and organizational commitment sub-dimensions within the framework of some socio-demographic titles (location, educational status, seniority, number of companies worked previously). For this purpose, by selecting the individual cultural values and organizational commitment scales accepted in the international literature, data were collected in four different countries around the entire population of a multinational company selected in the field of fire engineering in the service sector through the Microsoft online survey. According to the results of the research, it was determined from the results of this study that the Individual Cultural Values variable has a significant negative relationship on Organizational Commitment. In addition; Although some significant differences were obtained in terms of dimensions about location, education level and number of workplaces, no significant difference was found in terms of seniority.