Organizational commitment within international military headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

摘要

This study examined differences in organizational commitment to NATO in a sample of staff members of 12 nationalities, assigned to 15 military headquarters in NATO's Allied Command Europe, divided into two groups, international civilians belonging to NATO and military personnel assigned to NATO by member nations. It also measured the influence of national cultures on organizational commitment to NATO. The study found that civilians belonging to NATO expressed statistically significant higher organizational commitment, career commitment, and job involvement than military assigned to NATO by member nations, as measured by Blau's (1985) three-scale Career Commitment Measure. The study also found that national cultures influenced organizational commitment to NATO. Statistical methods included both parametric and nonparametric ones. The study recommends the implementation of human resources management practices aimed at reducing the difference between civilian and military personnel in organizational commitment to NATO, career commitment, and job involvement. The study also recommends a multifaceted approach for strengthening organizational commitment to NATO, a multinational and multicultural organization, within a context of diversity.