Abstract:
A need to encourage employees to remain in the organization and to increase productivity beyond that which is at a minimum accepted standard using scarce resources has become a necessity. The issue on employee commitment is critical and managers have to manage employees to motivate them since high turnover is costly to organizations. This study was to assess work locus of control and employee commitment and finally to determine the relationship between them in the context of Dashen Brewery S.C. The study utilized a descriptive statistics. This design was considered appropriate for the type of objectives of this study as it enabled the researcher to describe the issues at stake as they exist without manipulation of variables which was the aim of the study. The target population of this research comprised of 300 employees of Dashen Brewery. The study collected primary data using questionnaires. The data collected was coded, quantified and analyzed quantitatively. Quantitative data was analyzed by the use of descriptive statistics namely percentages, means and standard deviations. Regression analysis was used to determine the relationship between locus of control on commitment. The study concluded that Employees of Dashen Brewery’s have internal locus of control and this increases the employee commitment. Further, employees of Dashen Brewery are committed. At 5% level of significance and 95% level of confidence, internal locus of control and employee commitment had a significant relationship. The study recommended that organizations should look into their performance management and craft compensation packages that are considered competitive in order to retain their talented employees
