CAREER ANCHORS AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT

The present study has been intended to know the relationship of career anchors and organizational commitment of faculty members in higher education. For this purpose, a sample of 319 faculty members from the three universities of Punjab viz. Punjabi University, Guru Nanak Dev University and Panjab University were selected. Similar and common faculties (Approximately one Professor, one Associate Professor and two Assistant Professors) from all the three universities were included in the study viz. Arts, Science, Pharmacy, Management and Business Administration, Computers, Languages and Law for collecting the data. The study was a descriptive survey research. Career Anchor Inventory by Delong (1982) and Organizational Commitment Questionnaire by Meyer and Allen (1997) were used by investigator for collection of data. Coefficient of correlation was used to find out the relationship between career anchors and organizational commitment. The results indicate that significant and positive relationship exists between career anchors and organizational commitment. As an employee engages in a career that is consistently aligned with her or his career anchor, work outcomes such as organizational commitment, job satisfaction, retention and career resilience are enhanced.