Comprometimento organizacional de trabalhadores um estudo em uma escola de ensino privado em Maceió-AL

Abstract

The importance of studies in the area of Organizational Commitment is given due to its contribution in providing valuable information about how individuals relate to the organization, contributing to the understanding of the main causes and consequences of commitment, covering its relationship with productivity, satisfaction, turnover and important characteristics of organizational performance. Studies in this area can contribute to the aid of human resources policies and the formulation of broad strategies to meet the company's needs. Thus, the objective of this study is to investigate the dimensions of organizational commitment, proposed by Meyer and Allen (1991), present in a private institution of fundamental and infantile education located in Maceió/AL. The present study can be considered, in your nature, as a field study, being descriptive research with a quantitative approach. For the research, only the pedagogical sector of the school was considered, including, in addition to teachers, educational coordinators and advisors, these being the employees who are directly linked to the main activity of the company. The research was produced through a non-probabilistic and accessibility sampling, with 53 participants. For the study, an online questionnaire was used with 28 questions, of which 27 were closed assertions using the Likert scale to measure the degree of agreement of the participants and one open question. The results found indicate the presence of more than one commitment. In addition to the emotional bond of the affective commitment, the employees have the normative commitment, therefore, they feel emotionally connected to the organization as well as nourish the feeling of moral obligation with the company.