EFFECTS OF CONTINUANCE, AFFECTIVE, AND MORAL COMMITMENT ON THE WITHDRAWAL PROCESS - AN EVALUATION OF 8 STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: JAROS, SJ; JERMIER, JM; KOEHLER, JW; SINCICH, T
• 署名单位: State University System of Florida; University of South Florida
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/256642
• 发表日期: 1993
• 页码: 951-995
• 关键词: ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT; EMPLOYEE TURNOVER; job-satisfaction; BEHAVIORAL COMMITMENT; INTERMEDIATE LINKAGES; longitudinal analysis; COVARIANCE-STRUCTURES; social cognition; antecedents; MOBLEY

摘要

Structural equation modeling was used to evaluate the effects of three forms of attitudinal commitment on employee turnover. We used a traditional dichotomous measure of organizational departure but applied the PRELIS technique to resolve statistical problems. A test of eight competing versions of a turnover model using data collected from employees in an aerospace firm indicated that the forms of commitment affected turnover indirectly through a latent variable measuring withdrawal tendencies. The model including this variable resembles cognitive psychologists' descriptions of human mental processes that emphasize actors' general orientations and a lack of distinction making in everyday life.