Empirical Study on Organizational Commitment Role in raising Environmental Performance level of Industrial Companies, Libya

Abstract

 The aim of this paper is to explore the impact of organizational commitment on the environmental performance. A case study conducted was specifically designed to examine if there  is any connection between the commitment style (effective, continuance and normative organizational commitment of employees) and overall implementation status of the international standard systems ( Total quality management (TQM ), occupational health and safety ( OHSAS ) and environmental management system ( EMS ) which  They are very crucial techniques in increasing environmental performance within Libyan public sector organization. The case study was  Zliten Cement factory; it was determined as traditional management style and Libyan typically in its culture governance and structure.survey was conducted to gather the primary data. The data collected using a random sampling technique. 100 respondents who consisted of supervisor, managers and employees of Zliten Cement factory. The analyses were conducted using the statistical package for the social science (SPSS). The statistical result found that there is a low significant relationship between the Organizational commitment towards environmental performance in Zliten Cement factory. Organizational commitment also brought an insignificant impact on environmental performance at Zliten Cement factory. The result also determined that the organizational commitment plays important roles on implementation of TQM key elements, OHSAS and EMS in the Libyan Industrial Organization. Different aspects of these variables were tasted to provide a comprehensive understanding of factors that effected on environmental performance of Zliten Cement factory.