An examination of relationship between organizational identification and organizational commitment

The purpose of this study is the to investigate the relationship between Organizational identification and Organizational Commitment. To accomplish this purpose, first of all, the related studies with these subjects in literature are examined, then a survey research is conducted on academic personel of Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Economics and Administration to collect data on Organizational Identification and Organizational Commitment. This data used for the examination of relationship between Organizational Identification and Organizational Commitment.The results of confirmatory factor analysis, explatory factor analysis and corelation analysis show that Organizational Identification questionaries and Organizational Commitment questionaries measured the same phenomenon.Key words: Organizational identification, Organizational commitment, Social identity Theory, Organizational Behaviour