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Employees' Nonwork Obligations and Organizational Commitments: A New Way to Look at the Relationships
Author(s) -
Mellor Steven,
Mathieu John E.,
BarnesFarrell Janet L.,
Rogelberg Steven G.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
human resource management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.888
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-050X
pISSN - 0090-4848
DOI - 10.1002/hrm.1006
Subject(s) - continuance , organizational commitment , context (archaeology) , dimension (graph theory) , social psychology , psychology , perception , public relations , business , management , sociology , political science , economics , paleontology , mathematics , neuroscience , pure mathematics , biology
The authors1 adopted a family resource view of nonwork obligations and examined these obligations' relationships to dimensions of employees' organizational commitment. Complex interactions were found between employees' marital status, number of children, and having relatives nearby as related to the continuance dimension, but not the affective dimension, of commitment. In particular, results were strongest when the focus was on employees' perceptions of whether they would experience a high personal sacrifice if they were to leave their organizations. These findings are discussed in the context of developing family‐friendly human resource programs that may help employees feel less “trapped” in organizations. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.