A research on the individual performance effect of corporate governance on local governments: The sample of Osmaniye Municipality

The relationship between organizational commitment and individual performance is a frequently studiedfield in the service sector in national and international academic literature. The studies conducted on in the municipalities, which have an important place in the service sector, seem to be inadequate.The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a relationship between organizational commitment and individual performance of employees Osmaniye Municipality.In this study, firstly the concepts of organizational commitment and individual performance were emphasized and then the relationship between these concepts was examined. An organizational commitment scale consisted 18 items, that reliability and validity studies were conducted was used by Başol and Yalçın (2009) to measure the organizational commitment of the workers (n = 260). The scale form used to measure the individual performance of the employees is the individual performance scale made by Ceylan and Ulutürk (2006) in Turkish reliability and validity study. As a result of the research, it was determined that there is a meaningful positive but weak relationship r = 0,293 between organizational commitment and individual performance.This study is a source for improving service productivity and employee organizational commitment to municipalities.