A field study in aviation sector in Eskisehir,which is oriented to determinate the effects of positive organizational behavior on organizational commitment

Although there are a lot of studies about organizational commitment, the purpose of this study is analyzing if there is any relationship between the psychological capital components and the organizational commitment by the positive organizational perspective which is highly new and current issue. In the first part of this study; the term of positive organizational behavior, the perspectives that lead to this concept and the concept psychological capital were analyzed in detailed theorically. In the second part of this study; the concept of organizational commitment and different approaches to this concept were also analyzed, briefly. After given the theoretical background of these issues in the third part, the research has been applied to employees in both companies that operate in the aviation sector in Eskişehir. In this context, Pscyhological Capital Scale, which was developed by Luthans et al., has been used to measure the psychological capital of employees. It involves 24 questions and 4 dimensions. On the other hand, Organizational Commitment Scale, which was developed by Allen and Meyer and involves 18 questions and 3 dimensions, has been applied to measure to organizational commitment of employees. According to the analysis results, it has been noticed that the psychological capital components don?t affect the continuance commitment of the emlpoyees while some of the psychological capital components affect the affective and normative commitment. Keywords: Positive Organizational Behavior, Psychological Capital, Organizational Commitment