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KOPRULU, Onur Murat. Examining the antecedents of organizational commitment in the context of UN and EU police contingents in conflict and terror areas. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3WW7FNP

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TitleExamining the antecedents of organizational commitment in the context of UN and EU police contingents in conflict and terror areas
NameKOPRULU, Onur Murat (author); Samuels, Norman (chair); Kennedy, Leslie W. (internal member); Van Ryzin, Gregg G. (internal member); HABERFELD, MARIA MAKI (outside member); Rutgers University; Graduate School - Newark
Date Created2013
Other Date2013-10 (degree)
SubjectGlobal Affairs, International agencies, Peacekeeping forces, Peacekeeping forces, European, United Nations--Peacekeeping forces
Extentxi, 246 p. : ill.
DescriptionThis dissertation explores organizational commitment attitudes and factors affecting them among peacekeepers deployed for intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) in peacekeeping settings. Existing literature indicates that the construct of organizational commitment is considered highly significant in relation to organizational effectiveness; by extension, an employee’s organizational commitment and attitude have an important impact on work outcomes such as effort, coming to work on time, absenteeism, job performance, employee health and well being, organizational citizenship behavior, and retention. To this purpose, this analysis is one of the scarce studies enhancing our understanding of organizational commitment in the context of important institutions of global governance such as the UN or EU. This study helps enhance our understanding of the structures and operation of those organizations. This study utilized a mixed methods approach, applying both quantitative and qualitative analyses based on a theoretical model developed by examining equity theory and the extant literature. This study hypothesized that the components of equity theory would be significant in shaping organizational commitment attitudes of the employees of IGOs, more specifically peacekeepers. The researcher provided questionnaires and conducted interviews with Turkish National Police (TNP) peacekeepers deployed in IGO peacekeeping missions, and then, integrated quantitative and qualitative analyses to the purpose of this study, respectively. The response rate was 79.9 percent with the participation of 196 TNP peacekeepers on the survey. Besides, 10 interviews were conducted with TNP peacekeepers employed in in either UN or EU peacekeeping missions located around the world. The findings of both the quantitative and qualitative analyses indicated that the conceptual framework of equity is robust in understanding commitment attitudes of peacekeepers towards the IGOs that they work for. The quantitative analysis showed that procedural and distributive justice, perceived organizational support, and job satisfaction have a positive and significant relationship with TNP peacekeepers' sense of commitment. The qualitative analysis also supported these findings, which were found in the quantitative analysis. This dissertation concludes that it is important to improve equity components and eliminate unfair factors in IGO settings in order to have IGOs efficiently operate and bring peace to the world.
NotePh.D.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
NoteIncludes vita
Noteby Onur Murat KOPRULU
Genretheses, ETD doctoral
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3WW7FNP
Languageeng
CollectionGraduate School - Newark Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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