Examination of the combined effects of work values and early work experiences on organizational commitment
✍ Scribed by John P. Meyer; P. Gregory Irving; Natalie J. Allen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 239 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-3796
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✦ Synopsis
We tested the hypothesis that the in¯uence of early work experiences on organization commitment would be moderated by the value employees place on these experiences. We measured work values in two samples of recent university graduates prior to organizational entry, and obtained measures of commensurate work experiences and three forms of commitment (aective, continuance, and normative: Allen and Meyer, 1990) on dierent occasions following entry. Regression analyses revealed that values and experiences did interact in the prediction of aective commitment and normative commitment, but that the nature of the interaction was dierent for dierent work value/experience combinations. The ®ndings provide some challenge to the common sense assumption that positive work experiences will have the strongest eect on commitment among those who most value such experiences. Implications for research and practice are discussed.