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Randall, Donna M.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1990
Explored within empirical study context complexity of organizational commitment construct and respondent-generated behavioral manifestations of job attitude among plant workers (N=156). Found each commitment dimension related differently to work outcomes and that none of the dimensions was able to predict absenteeism or tardiness. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Employee Absenteeism, Employee Attitudes, Job Performance
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Wiener, Yoash; Gechman, Arthur S. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1977
Work commitment behaviors were defined as a special class of socially acceptable work behaviors exceeding formal and/or normative expectations relevant to work. For a sample of 54 female elementary school teachers, work commitment measures demonstrated moderate correlations with two attitudinal measures of job involvement and a job satisfaction…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Employee Attitudes
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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
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Parasuraman, Saroj – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1982
Assessed the relative influence of personal, attitudinal, and behavioral variables on behavioral intentions and voluntary turnover among nonsupervisory plant workers. Results show that personal variables have little direct effect on turnover; rather, their influence on turnover is channeled through their effects on behavioral intentions. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Employee Attitudes, Individual Characteristics, Job Satisfaction
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Cummings, Thomas G.; Manring, Susan L. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1977
This study examines the relationship between five dimensions of alienation from work--powerlessness, normlessness, meaninglessness, self-evaluative involvement, and instrumental work orientation--and the work-related behavior of effort, performance, absenteeism, and tardiness. The results show that the five dimensions of alienation are empirically…
Descriptors: Alienation, Behavior Patterns, Employee Attitudes, Employment Problems
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Muchinsky, Paul M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1977
The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on employee absenteeism as a form of withdrawal behavior apart from turnover. Studies examining the psychometric properties of absence measures are reviewed, along with the relationship between absenteeism and personal, attitudinal, and organizational variables. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship