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PERSONAL BENEFITS OF STRONG ORGANIZATIONAL AND COMMUNITY TIES: HEALTH, ENGAGEMENT AND RETENTION
Author(s) -
Sinclair Robert R.,
Cheung Janelle H.,
Arpin Sarah N.,
Mohr Cynthia P.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/jcop.21758
Subject(s) - organizational commitment , continuance , psychology , mediation , social psychology , affective events theory , construct (python library) , employee retention , perceived organizational support , public relations , job satisfaction , job performance , political science , job attitude , computer science , law , programming language
This study extended past research on organizational commitment by proposing a new construct of community commitment. The authors drew from past organizational research to theorize distinct effects of affective and continuance community commitment in relation to nurses' health, retention, and engagement. These effects were investigated in a prospective study in which nurses' (N = 330) organizational and community commitment were assessed at one time point and measures of health, retention, and engagement were captured nine months later. Affective community commitment predicted health and retention outcomes after controlling for both types of organizational commitment, but continuance commitment did not. Mediation analyses suggested that continuance community commitment had indirect effects on outcomes through its relationship with continuance organizational commitment. Neither form of community commitment was associated with professional or organizational turnover intentions. We discuss the implications of these findings for future research in both community and organizational psychology.