Evaluating organizational commitment in support of organizational leadership

Organizational commitment is a concept that is much used in management. Yet leaders might not fully realize what it consists of and how complex the concept really is. Although it is understood to be important for organizations, its multifaceted nature is not necessarily understood adequately. For example, the fact that commitment might also have potential disadvantages for the company and the individual is often disregarded. The objective of this paper is to describe briefly the theoretical background of organizational commitment and to illustrate an ontology based application created for commitment evaluation in a real business context. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.