The Relationship Between Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction:

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1. Abstract 2
2. Introduction 2
3. Research Objectives 4
4. Research hypothesis 4
5. Research Methodology 5
6. Literature Review 6
7. Conclusion 12
8. Reference 13

The Relationship between Organizational Commitment And Job Satisfaction:

1) Abstract:
Organizational commitment is one of the widely researched areas among Researchers, psychologist and human resource management practitioners. The objectives will be presented the study about to analyze the relationship between overall job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The focus will be the study towards analyzing the general behavior of the private sector employees towards work motivation and job satisfaction which may build higher levels of organizational commitment. The sample size will be consisted on males and females employees who will randomly be selected. Data collect will be analyzed by the application of statistical tests i.e., Pearson correlation and multiple regression.

2) Introduction:
Pakistan’s economy is among the developing economies of the world. With the increasing levels of development, the working environment has also become more competitive. Employers, now, demand for more skilled, trained and qualified workforce since the organizational output and productivity is highly dependent on the employees’ performances. Such employees, in return, also look for the attractive packages. And to retain performers has remained a dilemma for the human resource management practitioners. Moreover variation exists in terms of pay packages, working conditions, incentives, recognition and fringe benefits for the employees Lavy (2007). These differences vary and depend upon the industry one is serving, the company policies, location, one’s qualifications and outputs. Private firms, multinationals and local companies face various challenges while operating in such unstructured market setup in Pakistan. It ultimately impacts the employees’ satisfaction with the

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