The role of gender in building organisational commitment in India's services sourcing industry

• Main Author: Wolfgang Messner
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017-09-01
• Series: IIMB Management Review
• Subjects: Employee climate; Female employees; Gender; India; IT industry; Organisational climate; Organisational commitment; Services sourcing
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0970389617303695

In India's IT services sourcing industry, female employees are often considered to be a key talent pool enabling the industry to grow further. In this empirical study of IT employees in India (N = 330), we analyse the relationships between organisational climate, employee climate, and organisational commitment using gender as a dichotomous moderator. While female employees appear to have a higher level of organisational commitment than their male colleagues, the results show that organisational and employee climate do not motivate them in the same way.