Commitment in the Workplace: Theory, Research, and ApplicationSAGE Publications, 27 ene 1997 - 160 páginas 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 |
Índice
Chapter 1 Introduction | 1 |
What is a Committed Employee? | 3 |
Does Commitment Matter Anymore? | 4 |
Plan of the Book | 6 |
Chapter 2 Meaning of Commitment | 8 |
Nature of Commitment | 10 |
Focus of Commitment | 16 |
Integration of the Multidimensional Approaches | 20 |
Management of Change | 82 |
Summary and Implications | 87 |
Chapter 6 Multiple Commitments in the Workplace | 91 |
Terminology | 92 |
Multiple Commitments at Work | 96 |
Summary | 104 |
Chapter 7 A Look Back and a Look Ahead | 105 |
A Look Ahead | 111 |
Chapter 3 Consequences of Organizational Commitment | 23 |
Hypothesized Consequences of Organizational Commitment | 24 |
Research Evidence | 25 |
Summary and Conclusions | 38 |
Chapter 4 Development of Organizational Commitment | 41 |
Development of Continuance Commitment | 56 |
Development of Normative Commitment | 60 |
Summary and Conclusions | 64 |
Chapter 5 Managing for Commitment | 66 |
A Theoretical Framework | 67 |
Human Resource Management Practices | 68 |
Measurement of Affective Continuanceand Normative Commitment | 116 |
Development of the Measures | 117 |
Reliability Estimates | 120 |
Tests of the Nomological Net | 121 |
Unresolved Issues | 122 |
Summary and Conclusions | 123 |
References | 125 |
Author Index | 141 |
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About the Authors | 150 |
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Commitment in the Workplace: Theory, Research, and Application John P. Meyer,Natalie J. Allen Vista previa restringida - 1997 |
Commitment in the Workplace: Theory, Research, and Application John P. Meyer,Natalie J. Allen Vista previa restringida - 1997 |
Commitment in the Workplace: Theory, Research, and Application John P. Meyer,Natalie J. Allen Vista previa restringida - 1997 |
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