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Testing the Differential Effects of Changes in Psychological Contract Breach and Fulfillment
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Conway, Neil; Guest, David; Trenberth, Linda – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2011
Rousseau (1989 and elsewhere) argued that a defining feature of psychological contract breach was that once a promise had been broken it could not easily be repaired and therefore that the effects of psychological contract breach outweighed those of psychological contract fulfillment. Using two independent longitudinal surveys, this paper…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Employer Employee Relationship, Accountability, Industrial Psychology
Employee Commitment and Well-Being: A Critical Review, Theoretical Framework and Research Agenda
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Meyer, John P.; Maltin, Elyse R. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2010
Although a great deal is known about the implications of employee commitment for organizations, less attention has been paid to its ramifications for employees themselves. Previous research has been unsystematic and the findings have sometimes been inconsistent. The most consistent findings pertain to the positive links between affective…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Work Environment, Well Being, Affective Behavior
Affective and Normative Commitment to Organization, Supervisor, and Coworkers: Do Collectivist Values Matter?
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Wasti, S. Arzu; Can, Ozge – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
Employees' commitment to their organization is increasingly recognized as comprising of different bases (affect-, obligation-, or cost-based) and different foci (e.g., supervisor, coworkers). Two studies investigated affective and normative commitment to the organization, supervisor and coworkers in the Turkish context. The results of Study 1…
Descriptors: Employees, Supervisors, Employee Attitudes, Behavior Standards
A Study of the Affective Responses Elicited by Occupational Stimuli
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Schoon, Craig G. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1976
The semantic differential was used to assess the properties of affect elicited by occupational stimuli. Vocationally committed men studying medicine, business, and engineering responded to a semantic differential containing occupational concepts. Results show a semantic space for all three groups composed of three orthogonal dimensions of affect…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Measures, Employee Attitudes, Factor Analysis
Combined Effects of the Three Commitment Components on Focal and Discretionary Behaviors: A Test of Meyer and Herscovitch's Propositions
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Gellatly, Ian R.; Meyer, John P.; Luchak, Andrew A. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2006
The purpose of this study was to test theoretical propositions advanced by Meyer and Herscovitch (2001) concerning the interactive effects of affective, normative, and continuance commitment on focal (staying intentions) and discretionary (citizenship) behavior. Study measures were gathered from a sample of 545 hospital employees. Several a priori…
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Citizenship, Behavior Patterns, Context Effect
Affective Commitment to the Organization, Supervisor, and Work Group: Antecedents and Outcomes
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Vandenberghe, Christian; Bentein, Kathleen; Stinglhamber, Florence – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2004
Three longitudinal studies investigated the usefulness of distinguishing among employees' affective commitments to the organization, the supervisor, and the work group. Study 1, with 199 employees from various organizations, found that affective commitments to these entities were factorially distinct and related differentially to their theorized…
Descriptors: Supervisors, Employees, Nurses, Longitudinal Studies