Determining the Demographic impacts on the Organizational Commitment of Academicians in the HEIs of DCs like Pakistan

Abstract

In the contemporary age where the globalization is taking place in every sphere of life, theacademic institutions occupy their place at the helm. The dynamism in the academicinstitutions in general and the universities in specific is directly proportional to thecompetence of their employees. The success of the universities depends upon solidfunctioning, faithfulness and the involved academicians regarding high level of teachingand research. Provision of workforce to the different sectors countrywide is possible onlythrough the universities with high level of educational standards and OrganizationalCommitment on the part of the staff members especially the academicians. Unlike thedeveloped countries, this role becomes more emphasizing in the developing countries likePakistan. The sole objective of this ‘Review Article’ is to investigate the impact ofdemographics (gender, qualification, designation, age, and marital status) onOrganizational Commitment (Emotional, Cost-benefited and Obligatory) of employees,working in the public sector universities. Up to some extent, it is a complicated task tocome across and deal with the people who are physically, linguistically, culturally,educationally and ethnically diverse. In the light of current research we construct a‘Theoretical Framework’ on the topic which will subsequently be used as a ‘ResearchModel’ for the upcoming ‘experimental-study’, using the study of workforce from theuniversities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is acknowledged from the present studythat the demographics have the significant impact on the organizational commitment