Quality of work life and organizational commitment of personnel appointed in the Provincial Municipality of San Román

Abstract

This investigation established the following objectives: to determine the relationship between the quality of working life and organizational commitment of the staff appointed at the administrative headquarters of the Provincial Municipality of San Roman. Method: this is a descriptive correlational study of the cross-section. A questionnaire that has been structured in three parts was applied to a sample size made up of 42 officials appointed; the first part identified personal and professional aspects, the second one involved the Scale of Professional Life Quality CVP-35 and finally, the instrument Organizational commitment. Results: The obtained data were statistically analyzed with Tau-b of Kendall test, and the results showed that there is no significant relationship between the quality of working life and organizational commitment; or between intrinsic motivation and organizational commitment; and also, the management support with organizational commitment. However, if there is enough evidence to confirm the direct and significant correlation between loads of work and organizational commitment. Conclusions: dimensions that make up the Quality of Working Life in a public institution do not influence relevantly on the commitment that the appointed staff has towards their institution, due to they give more importance to other aspects that determine their commitment, as achieving labor stability through the appointment, rather than the Quality of Working Life.