The Effect of Quality of Work Life on Employee Commitment

Abstract

Employees are the most valuable asset in any organization. A successful and highly productive business can be achieved by improving the employee’s quality of work life. The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of quality of work life on employee commitment in SHEMU manufacturing PLC in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Both quantitative & Qualitative research approach and explanatory research design was adopted to explain effect of independent variables on the dependent variable. The Target population of the study is 401 employees of SHEMU manufacturing PLC the population was sub divided in terms of their department and respondents was randomly selected from a list of population through stratified random sampling technique The primary data was collected by structured Questioners and analysis was made by used SPSS Software 2023 and analyzed by inferential statistics and descriptive statistics, the secondary data was collected from source such as book, document, existing research paper, journals & websites. The study finds that there is a significant relationship between employee commitment and the five independent variables and to boost employee commitment, management should focus on and improve the quality of the work life parameters (adequate income and fair compensation, safe and healthy working condition, opportunity for carrier growth and security, constitutionalism and social integration).