Demographic Characteristics as Antecedents of Organisational Commitment

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate employees’ demographic characteristics as antecedents of organisational commitment.  Using a combination of descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis on data collected from a population of staff at CNG Rwanda,  the study finds the following: Employees recorded high levels of organisational commitment. Age and gender significantly  negatively affected overall organisational commitment, continuance and normative commitment, while marital status affected the same  significantly positively. Work experience and duty station affected affective commitment positively but continuance commitment  negatively. Employee’s work location significantly affected continuance and normative commitments. Level of formal education  insignificantly affected all types of commitment consistently. The findings imply that demographic characteristics played a significant role  as antecedents of organisational commitment. Generalization of these findings is, however, limited to the studied organisation. It is  therefore recommended that a bigger sample from a well-mixed set of organisations across Rwanda should be studied.