Sustainability and growth in today’s competitive and challenging business environment requires fundamental improvement of employee’s commitment in an organization. Although research supports the association between organizational culture and employee commitment, the moderating role of job crafting in this relation is less understood. This study examines the possible moderating role of job crafting on the relationship between organizational culture and employee commitment in State Universities in north eastern states of Nigeria. This study contributes to organizational culture literature by integrating job crafting into the organizational culture model. Practically, its help the management of State Universities, National Universities Commission (NUC) the regulators of university in Nigeria and also the federal ministry of education to understand how job crafting can moderate organizational culture for improve employee commitment in State universities. Empirical research is recommended in this regard.