ABSTRACT: This paper aims to examine the relationship between employee commitment and organizational citizenship behavior. For the study purpose, the survey instruments were randomly administered to the employees’ five Nepalese companies for a questionnaire survey. A total of 400 questionnaires administered, only 340 valid questionnaires (with a response rate of 85%) were returned and used. The results showed that affective and normative commitment had positive relations to both factors of organizational citizenship behavior such as altruism and compliance. The effect of employee commitment found in the present analysis in terms of organizational citizenship behavior was appealing. These findings imply for the practitioners in initiating human resources strategies to enhance affective commitment and normative commitment. Organizations can use the concept of organizational citizenship behavior and employee commitment as the tools for increasing organizational effectiveness.

KEYWORDS – Altruism, Citizenship behavior, Compliance, Employee commitment, Relations.