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The objective of the present study was to understand the relationship between organisational commitment and locus of control in the service and business sector. Organizational commitment is defined as a view of an organization's member's psychology towards his/her attachment to the organization that he/she is working for, while, locus of control refers to the extent to which individuals believe that they can control events that affect them. Individuals with a high internal locus of control believe that events result primarily from their own behaviour and actions. It was hypothesized that a statistically significant difference was found between business and service sector on the measure of locus of control and organisational commitment. Also, it was hypothesized that significant relation between the above constructs. A two-group design was followed, sample, questionnaires, data was analysed with the help of descriptive and inferential statistics such that t test and correlation were used as a method of analysis. Result indicated no statistically significant difference on the measure of locus of control and organisational commitment between service and business sector. Also, there was no significant relationship between the two variables. The study also posed some limitations and suggested future directions Index Terms:Organisational Commitment, Locus of Control,Business,Service