Commitment in the Workplace: Theory, Research, and Application

✍ Scribed by John Meyer, Natalie Allen

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 160
• Series: Advanced Topics in Organizational Behavior 2
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

What is a committed employee? Are such employees better or worse off than uncommitted employees? What are the organizational advantages and disadvantages of having a committed workforce? This book overviews academic and popular perspectives on commitment in employees. It examines the multiple faces of commitment and the links that have been established between the various forms of commitment and organizational behaviour. In addition, questions concerning individual differences, organizational characteristics, job characteristics and work experiences associated with commitment are explored. The volume concludes with a discussion of what organizations can do to manage commitment effectively, including under difficult circumst

✦ Table of Contents

Commitment in the Workplace
Contents
Preface
1— Introduction
What Is a Committed Employee?
Does Commitment Matter Anymore?
Plan of the Book
2— Meaning of Commitment
Nature of Commitment
A Three-Component Model of Commitment
Other Classification Schemes
Focus of Commitment
Integration of the Multidimensional Approaches
3— Consequences of Organizational Commitment
Hypothesized Consequences of Organizational Commitment
Organizational Commitment and Behavior: Research Evidence
Commitment and Employee Retention
Commitment and Performance at Work
Attendance at Work
In-Role Job Performance
Relations with Affective Commitment
Relations with Continuance Commitment
Relations with Normative Commitment
Citizenship Behavior at Work
Other Reactions to Work
Commitment and Employee Well-Being
Summary and Conclusions
4— Development of Organizational Commitment
Development of Affective Commitment
Antecedents of Affective Commitment
Organizational Characteristics
Person Characteristics
Work Experiences
Themes Within the Antecedents Research
Supportiveness and Fairness
Personal Importance and Competence
Behavioral Commitment and the Process of Retrospective Rationality
Personal Fulfillment
Role of Conscious Awareness
Individual Difference and Universal Approaches
Met Expectations
Person-Job Fit
Universally Rewarding Work Experiences
Role of Causal Attribution
Summary
Development of Continuance Commitment
Investments, Alternatives, and Process Considerations
Empirical Evidence
Investments and Alternatives
Employee Age and Organizational Tenure
Summary
Development of Normative Commitment
Hypothesized Antecedents and Processes
Relevant Empirical Evidence
Summary
Summary and Conclusions
5— Managing for Commitment
A Theoretical Framework
Human Resource Management Practices
Recruitment and Selection
Socialization and Training
Assessment and Promotion
Compensation and Benefits
HRM Systems
Management of Change
Summary and Implications
6— Multiple Commitments in the Workplace
Terminology
Generalizability of the Three-Component Conceptualization
Multiple Commitments at Work
Overview of the Multiple-Commitment Literature
Compatibility and Conflict
Dependencies Among Commitments
Summary
7— A Look Back and a Look Ahead
A Look Back
A Look Ahead
Meaning of Commitment
Consequences of Commitment
Development of Commitment
Commitment in the Changing World of Work
Appendix— Measurement of Affective, Continuance, and Normative Commitment
Development of the Measures
Reliability Estimates
Internal Consistency
Temporal Stability
Factor Structure
Tests of the Nomological Net
Unresolved Issues
Summary and Conclusions
References
Author Index
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Subject Index
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About the Authors

✦ Subjects

Work Ethics, Business Management