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Organizational Commitment: Clarifying the Concept and Simplifying the Existing Construct Typology

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  • 1School of Business Administration, California State University, Stanislaus

Journal of Vocational Behavior
|December 1, 1996
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This study argues organizational commitment is a single construct, not multiple types. Commitment measures should focus on one set of terms and avoid evaluative language for clarity.

Area of Science:

  • Organizational Behavior
  • Psychology

Background:

  • Popular concepts of organizational commitment are often fragmented.
  • Existing measures may overcomplicate the fundamental nature of commitment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To re-evaluate organizational commitment as a singular construct.
  • To analyze the structure and assumptions within affective commitment measures.
  • To propose guidelines for developing clearer commitment measures.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of commitment definitions.
  • Examination of common factors across different types of commitments.
  • Critique of existing affective commitment measurement scales.

Main Results:

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  • Organizational commitment is best understood as a unified construct.
  • Affective commitment measures often include multiple term sets and evaluative assumptions.
  • These constraints limit the basic meaning of commitment.

    • Conclusions:

    • Commitment measures should be refined to reflect a single construct.
    • Future measures should focus on a single set of terms.
    • Avoidance of evaluative phraseology will enhance measurement validity.