IT-expert retention through organizational commitment: A study of public sector information technology professionals in Pakistan

Organizational commitment has been studied extensively world over and hundreds of research articles are available however a few studies address organizational commitment in IT sector high technology employees. In Pakistan insufficient research is available specific to IT sector employees. The present study is an attempt to better describe these factors which can induce organizational commitment in Pakistani IT sector high technology employees.Previous studies in different countries validate that compensation; training and development and supervisor support induce organizational commitment in high technology employees, which increases employee retention. These factors were tested in IT sector organizations in Pakistan, findings of present study established that in Pakistan for IT professional’s compensation, training and development and supervisor support is significantly correlated with organizational commitment.The findings of present research will be useful for human resource managers in IT sector organizations through out Pakistan and it will help them in retaining this scarce human capital.