An analysis of the organizational commitment based on demographic issues and company size.

A ?rea de gest?o de pessoas sofreu mudan?as em seus paradigmas e passou a assumir uma fun??o estrat?gica dentro das organiza??es. A partir da? o comprometimento dos funcion?rios passou a ser valorizado como ferramenta para se melhorarem os resultados organizacionais. Nesse contexto, definiu-se como objetivo para esta pesquisa analisar como diferentes vari?veis demogr?ficas e o porte da empresa influenciam o n?vel de comprometimento organizacional dos indiv?duos. Para alcan?ar o objetivo proposto, realizou-se um levantamento de campo, sendo os dados coletados analisados por meio da An?lise Fatorial Explorat?ria e de testes de m?dias. A partir dos resultados obtidos, constatou-se que os n?veis de comprometimento afetivo e normativo s?o maiores entre os profissionais mais maduros, que possuem filhos, que n?o s?o solteiros e que t?m menor escolaridade. Al?m disso, constatou-se que o n?vel de comprometimento instrumental ? maior entre as mulheres. Em rela??o ao porte das empresas, n?o foram identificadas diferen?as significativas no comprometimento organizacional dos funcion?rios.The area of human resources management has undergone changes in its paradigms and started to assume a strategic role within organizations. From that point on, the employees' commitment became valued as a tool to improve organizational results. In this context, it was defined as an objective for this research to analyze how different demographic variables and company size influence the level of organizational commitment of individuals. To reach the proposed objective, a survey was carried out, and the data collected were analyzed through Exploratory Factor Analysis and means tests. Based on the results obtained, it was found that the levels of affective and normative commitment are higher among the more mature professionals, who have children, who are not single and have a lower level of schooling. In addition, it was found that the level of instrumental commitment is higher among women. Regarding the size of the companies, no significant differences in the organizational commitment of the employees were identified