The impact of organizational flexibility dimensions on employees' organizational commitment A case study in the Syrian Trust for Development

Abstract

The research aims to identify and measure the extent of the impact of organizational flexibility dimensions on organizational commitment, and to know the differences according to the research variables (gender, academic qualification) regarding organizational commitment in the Syrian Trust for Development. The original community consisted of all employees in the Syrian Trust for Development, numbering (1647) employees. The descriptive approach was adopted and the questionnaire was developed as a tool, distributed to (115) employees, of which (80) were returned, taking into account not including the survey sample, which amounted to (14) employees, to whom the procedures for calculating the validity and reliability of the tool were applied. The results showed that:

There is a statistically significant effect of organizational flexibility in its dimensions (operational flexibility, human resources flexibility, strategic flexibility) on organizational commitment in the institution under study. The most influential dimension in organizational commitment was found to be human resources flexibility, followed by strategic flexibility, followed by operational flexibility.

There is no statistically significant effect of organizational flexibility in the dimension (structural flexibility) on organizational commitment in the institution under study. The results also showed that there were no statistically significant differences according to the variable (gender, academic qualification) between the opinions of the research sample members regarding organizational commitment.

In light of these results, the researchers suggested that the Syrian Trust for Development should adopt organizational flexibility in all its dimensions, and work to form a more flexible organizational structure that is consistent with the work and activities it carries out, to achieve its mission in supporting active citizenship and voluntary culture, which in turn is reflected in development issues and activating the role of civil society, in addition to spreading the culture of organizational commitment and working to provide all means that ensure its achievement by providing appropriate working conditions and adjusting salaries to suit living conditions.