Organizational Commitment? : What Organization?

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When we talk about organizational commitment, what, exactly, do we mean by "organization"? What is it that people commit to? Reichers (1985) suggested that employees commit to the other people who make up organizations, not to abstract entities. This field study presents an initial test of a different conceptualization of organizational commitment. An organization can be defined by its reputation, traditions, mission, values, and policies, apart from the individuals and groups that make it up. Respondents were asked to focus on the organization's reputation, traditions, etc. but not its people, when answering organization-related questions. These data showed that employees can be committed to oreranizations in this sense. Focused organizational commitment had a unique effect on pro-organization behavior, beyond the effect of a more traditional (global) measure of organizational commitment and the effects of commitments to one's manager and co-workers. Global organizational commitment, on the other hand, did not have a noticeable unique effect on pro-organization behavior, beyond the other commitments. However, most of the effect of the two organizational commitment measures on pro-organization behavior was shared by the two commitments. About half of the effect of both organizational commitments and commitments to managers and co-workers on pro-organization behavior was shared by these four commitments.
1999-11-20