The Commitment of Workers in Public Sectors in Zanzibar: A Case of the Ministry for Infrastructure and Communication

Abstract

This article investigated if age, education, tenure, salary, gender, cultural setup and religious affiliation persuade employees' commitment in the Ministry for Infrastructure and Communication in Zanzibar. The exploration based on descriptive research design in which questionnaires were used for ordinary employees and retirees to get data and open questions to the executive officers to acquire ample array of data. The findings indicated that, demographic factors such as tenure, gender, salaries and education considerably influence human resources' commitment apart from age that has shown the mixed ideas among the respondents. Moreover, cultural setup and religious affiliation chiefly influence employees' obligation. The study recommends that since dimensions of employees' commitment are important determinants in influencing people to be dedicated to their organization; hence, the Ministry has to be conscious of the importance of these dimensions in providing a favorable working environment to its employees in attaining their full binder for the development of the Ministry.