Role Of Participative Decisionmaking In Improving Employees Commitment Towards Organizational Goal The Case Of Selected District Of Hidasie Telecom Share Company
This study aims to assessing the role of participation in decision making in improving employeesrncommitment in the case of selected district of Hidasie Telecom Share Company. More particularly, it isrnaims at mapping out the extent of participation in decision making process and to identify the mechanismrnemployed by the management to ensure employed participation and examine the effect of employees’rnparticipation on their commitment. It also aims to investigate challenges associated with employees’rnparticipation in decision making. A questionnaire related to employees’ participation in decision makingrnand employees’ commitment was administered and, categorized into five part, which are demographicrninformation, extent of employees’ participation in decision making, mechanism employed by managementrnto ensure participation in decision making, challenges associated with participation in decision makingrnand effect of participative decision making in improving employees commitment. The results revealedrnthat the extent of participation in decision making in HT was below moderate. The mechanism employedrnby management to ensure participation in decision making is moderate. It was also noted that mainrnchallenges associated with participation in decision making are the following; lack of managementrncommitment to participate, managers’ belief that decision making is there sole responsibility and thernconcern of managers of their power and authority is weakened. More over the study found that the effectrnof participation in decision making on employees commitment was very high. The finding also suggestedrnthat extent and mechanism participation in decision making have strong and positive relationship withrnemployees’ commitment. Whereas the challenge of participation in decision making have strong andrnnegative relationship with employees commitment. Finally, it has recommended that better Extent andrnmechanism of employees’ participation and the avoidance of challenges associated with participation inrndecision making would continue to improve the commitment of employees towards organizational goal.