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Motivational bases of affective organizational commitment: A partial test of an integrative theoretical model
Author(s) -
Eby Lillian T.,
Freeman Deena M.,
Rush Michael C.,
Lance Charles E.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of occupational and organizational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0963-1798
DOI - 10.1348/096317999166798
Subject(s) - organizational commitment , psychology , affective events theory , absenteeism , job satisfaction , social psychology , context (archaeology) , structural equation modeling , test (biology) , job performance , job attitude , statistics , mathematics , paleontology , biology
A theoretical process‐oriented model of affective organizational commitment is presented to explain the psychological mechanisms that may trigger individuals' affective commitment to their organization. An operational version of the model is tested, along with several theoretically based alternative models, using meta‐analytic correlations and structural equations modelling. Results suggest that intrinsic motivation is a partial mediator of the relationship between several exogenous variables (job characteristics and work context variables) and work attitudes (affective organizational commitment and general job satisfaction). In addition, affective commitment and general job satisfaction are related to turnover behaviour, whereas only affective commitment is related to absenteeism. Implications for theory and applied research are discussed.