Affective Commitment: The Role of Work-life Balance and Organizational Pride (with special reference to XYZ Glove Manufacturing Company in Sri Lanka) 25

Abstract

For any organization, ensuring the employment of a committed work force is detrimental for their future success. Of which creating an affectively committed employee is even harder. Even though many determinants of affective commitment and work-life balance (WLB) have been extensively researched, the impact of organizational pride on these main variables were not significantly visible especially in the Sri Lankan context. Hence, the major purpose of this study was to identify the impact of WLB on affective commitment by exploring the mediation of organizational pride. The current study is a cross sectional study comprising a sample of 134, junior executive and above level, employees in XYZ Company. The data was gathered using the simple random sampling technique through a standard questionnaire that was distributed via google doc. and paper – pencil surveys. The hypotheses were tested using the Pearson correlation coefficient, linear regression analysis. Findings revealed that WLB has a significant positive impact on affective commitment as well as organizational pride. Further, it was revealed that organizational pride has a significant impact on the affective commitment of junior executive and above level employees in XYZ company. Apart from that, organizational pride partially mediated the relationship between WLB and affective commitment. Hence, it is concluded that organizational pride has a considerable impact on enhancing the relationship between WLB and affective commitment.