Abstract:

Organizational Commitment is one of the hotly-discussed topics in the field of organizational behavior.  However, the studies focusing on the comparison of organizational commitment of employees between public and private sectors are still limited.  From the past empirical comparative studies, this paper analyses the concept, the structure, and the  variables of the organizational commitment.  The results show that the structure and the measurement used, the correlated variables and the findings are not the same.  But these results reveal abundant theoretical and managerial meanings and this topic is worth discussing in the future.  Based on the findings, at the end of this paper, the author proposes some further research directions.

Key words: public and private sectors, organizational commitment, comparative researches；empirical studies