Quality of work life and organisational commitment among senior staff of University of Cape Coast

Abstract

It is an undeniable fact that a major part of man’s life is spent at the workplace to ensure that organisation’s attains their stated goals. The quality of an organisation’s human resources and the prevailing working conditions will determine its goals achievement. Workers who are loyal to their organisation usually feel that they have a relationship with their organisation, have the idea that they belong to the organisation and in addition, have the feeling of understanding the aims of the organisation. The study therefore, sought to examine the effect of quality of work life on organisational commitment among senior staff at the Cape Coast University. This research work adopted the descriptive survey design. The lottery method of simple random sampling technique was employed. Data was obtained through the administration of questionnaires using a sample size of 306 senior staff from the University of Cape Coast. The findings revealed a positive and significant relationship between the quality of work life and organisational commitment. Compensation, working environment and development of human capacity has positive influence on commitment of workers. As a recommendation, the University should equally pay attention to the other quality of work life dimensions apart from opportunity for human capacity development. It is also recommended that the University should become more conscious in ensuring adequate and fairness in compensation.