Commitment in the Workplace Vol. 2 : Theory, Research, and Application

by John P. Meyer

• ISBN13: 9780761901051
• ISBN10: 0761901051
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-01-27
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

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 circumstances such as merger//acquisition, downsizing and relocation.

Table of Contents

Preface	viii
Introduction	1	(7)
What Is a Committed Employee?	3	(1)
Does Commitment Matter Anymore?	4	(2)
Plan of the Book	6	(2)
Meaning of Commitment	8	(15)
Nature of Commitment	10	(6)
Focus of Commitment	16	(4)
Integration of the Multidimensional Approaches	20	(3)
Consequences of Organizational Commitment	23	(18)
Hypothesized Consequences of Organizational Commitment	24	(1)
Organizational Commitment and Behavior: Research Evidence	25	(13)
Summary and Conclusions	38	(3)
Development of Organizational Commitment	41	(25)
Development of Affective Commitment	41	(15)
Development of Continuance Commitment	56	(4)
Development of Normative Commitment	60	(4)
Summary and Conclusions	64	(2)
Managing for Commitment	66	(25)
A Theoretical Framework	67	(1)
Human Resource Management Practices	68	(14)
Management of Change	82	(5)
Summary and Implications	87	(4)
Multiple Commitments in the Workplace	91	(14)
Terminology	92	(1)
Generalizability of the Three-Component Conceptualization	92	(4)
Multiple Commitments at Work	96	(8)
Summary	104	(1)
A Look Back and a Look Ahead	105	(11)
A Look Back	105	(6)
A Look Ahead	111	(5)
Appendix: Measurement of Affective, Continuance, and Normative Commitment	116	(9)
Development of the Measures	117	(3)
Reliability Estimates	120	(1)
Factor Structure	120	(1)
Tests of the Nomological Net	121	(1)
Unresolved Issues	122	(1)
Summary and Conclusions	123	(2)
References	125	(16)
Author Index	141	(7)
Subject Index	148	(2)
About the Authors	150