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The construct of work commitment: testing an integrative framework.

Amy Cooper-Hakim·Chockalingam Viswesvaran
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This study meta-analytically examined extensive literature associated with work commitment. The primary purposes were to (a) cumulate correlations among dimensions of work commitment to see which were intercorrelated and (b) determine impact of work commitment dimensions and subdimensions on specific outcome variables (job satisfaction, job performance, turnover intentions, and turnover). Results were cumulated across 997 articles. The positive manifold of correlations suggests the presence of a common psychological construct underlying different commitment forms, with the exception of calculative, continuance, and union commitment. Most of the 94 meta-analyzed correlations were small, suggesting that concept redundancy is not a major concern. Meta-analyses of the correlations of 24 commitment constructs with 4 outcome variables suggest that different commitment forms have similar patterns of correlations with outcome variables.

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Amy Cooper-Hakim, Chockalingam Viswesvaran. 2005. The construct of work commitment: testing an integrative framework.. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.131.2.241

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