... on adjustment subsequently translate into expatriates' dual commitment. Design/methodology/approach Hypotheses were tested using a sample of 187 expatriates, working in managerial positions, in subsidiaries of multinational corporations, all of whom were assigned expatriates. Serial multiple indirect...

...Malayka Klimchak; A.K. Ward Bartlett; William MacKenzie Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore factors that help to determine employee trust in and affective commitment toward the organization. Design/methodology/approach Data for this study were collected using surveys administered...

...Jennifer Chelsea Veres; Nathan Eva; Andrew Cavanagh Purpose Drawing from the cognitive evaluation theory, the purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between student volunteers’ narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy, and commitment to university volunteer programmes through...

...Mark Somers; Dee Birnbaum; Jose Casal Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically assess conceptually based arguments that the three-component model (TCM) is not a model of commitment but rather of employee turnover, and that the mindsets that comprise the TCM do not form a unified...

...Khawaja Jehanzeb; Jagannath Mohanty Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between organizational justice and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) while considering the mediating effect of organizational commitment and the moderating role of power distance...

... role of performance ability in the associations of POS and affective organizational commitment (AOC) with job performance and job satisfaction, thus highlighting the pivot role of ability in the social exchanges. Design/methodology/approach The sample of the present study included 269 employees...

.... Originality/value A systematic evaluation of the extant research draws new conclusions and insights as to what work factors are more likely to influence the participation decisions of older workers. Quantitative Retirement Commitment Older Workers Ageing workforce A total of 60,064 workers...

...Carla Curado; Sílvia Vieira Purpose The purpose of this paper is to extend the knowledge on the underlying relation between trust, knowledge sharing (KS) and organizational commitment (OC) in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), by testing the mediator role of KS between trust and OC...

...Diep T.N. Nguyen; Stephen T.T. Teo Purpose Human resource (HR) philosophy and an organization’s commitment to employees (OCE) are important components of a human resource management (HRM) system, yet the influences of these variables on the effectiveness of HRM implementation has been less evident...

...Tammo Straatmann; Janna K. Nolte; Britta J. Seggewiss Purpose With employees’ support of organizational changes being vital for today’s organizations, the purpose of this paper is to enhance the understanding of how organizational commitment is linked to change-supportive intentions. Based...

... in achieving workforce flexibility and innovation. While the use of such arrangements has been examined often using a compliance-oriented lens, the authors explore the value of adding a commitment aspect. Design/methodology/approach In total, 375 IPros working in Australian organizations completed...

...), to cope with red tape and stress. Work outcomes/consequences examined were discretionary power, affective commitment and turnover intentions. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional design using a survey-based, self-report strategy was used to collect data from 588 police officers from USA, who...

...Jeroen P. de Jong; Petru L. Curseu Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate if the personality trait of desire for control over others (DFCO) matters to team leadership and performance, and how commitment to the leader mediates this relationship. Furthermore, the authors study...

...Jin Feng Uen; Shu-Yuan Chen; Hsien-Chun Chen; Chih-Tang Lin Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the cross-level relationship between moral obligation violation, overall justice climate, and survivors’ commitment. Design/methodology/approach – Data were obtained from 25...

...Marc Ohana Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the moderating role of organizational size and individual tenure on the relationship between organizational justice and organizational affective commitment. Based on the literature on organizational justice and justice climate...

...Aaron Cohen; Eli Ben‐Tura; Dana R. Vashdi Purpose The goal of this study is to examine the moderating effect of two group characteristics, group size and group cohesiveness, on the relationship between organizational commitment and transformational leadership, on the one hand, and in‐role...

... in the transfer of the latter's training as well as the development of affective and normative commitment towards their work organization. Design/methodology/approach Using a sample of 251 new hires, a series of regression analyses was conducted to test direct and moderating effects. Findings Findings...

... for their own, possibly early, retirement. Company pension schemes are seen more as contingent private transactions than as part of long‐term stable commitments by and to an employer. On the basis of this evidence, it is argued that, if the employer is perceived as merely one possible pension provider among...

... a clear link between distinctive “bundles” of “high commitment” practices and employee/company performance (for example, Guest, 1997; Patterson et al., 1997; Hutchinson et al., 2000). Current research is dominated by a concern to develop an understanding of what practices constitute...

... one can affect a change in one’s situation (Seligman, 1975). Generically, these can be construed as factors (or side bets) which create the conditions for a psychological state of entrapment. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Decision making Careers Commitment “Suddenly you’re old. Fifty...