PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT AND EMPLOYEE COMMITMENT: THE CASE OF THAMER INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Abstract

The change and evolution of the way business operates and deals with employees is changing and becoming more and more challenging. Many organizations are starting to implement and find new ways and approaches to deal with their employees in order to improve the way employees work and deal. Perceived organizational support (POS) will have a positive impact on the organization as a whole, on the employer and on employees. This work was done to evaluate examine the relationship between perceived organizational support and employees commitment at Thamer International School (TIS). This work was done based on quantitative method. The sample population was 60 employees from TIS. Questionnaire was utilized for data collection. The findings of the work have shown that majority (93%) of the employees have agreed that TIS cares about its employees. Furthermore, the result have found that TIS strongly considers the employees’ goals and values, and will offer help for the employees whenever is needed. In addition, the result have shown that employees believe and agree that the school deserves to have their loyalty, feel emotionally attached and would be happy to work there until retirement. Thus, it is concluded that there is a positive relationship between employees’ commitment and POS at TIS.