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Commitment in the workplace Toward a general model John P. Meyer*, Lynne Herscovitch Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C2 Abstract It is now well recognized that employees can develop multiple work-relevant commitments, and that commitment itself is a multidimensional construct. Unfortunately, there remains considerable disagreement, both within and across work commitment literatures e.g., organizational, occupational, union), about what commitment is, its dimensionality, how it develops, and how it affects behavior. We argue that commitment should have a ``core essence'' regardless of the context in which it is studied, and that it should therefore be possible to develop a general model of workplace commitment. We propose such a model based on the propositions that commitment a) is a force that binds an individual to a course of action of relevance to a target and b) can be accompanied by different mind-sets that play a role in shaping behavior. We demonstrate how this model helps to explain existing research findings and can serve as a guide for future research and for the management of workplace commitments. D 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved. Keywords: Organizational commitment; Occupational commitment; Union commitment; Goal commitment; Organizational behavior 1. Introduction Commitments in the workplace can take various forms and, arguably, have the potential to influence organizational effectiveness and employee well-being. Despite the increase in attention given to the study of workplace commitments, there still appears to be considerable confusion and disagreement about what commitment is, where it is directed, how it develops, and how it affects behavior. Newcomers to the commitment literature will find several conceptual frameworks in which commitment is conceptualized as either a unidimensional 1053-4822/01/$ ± see front matter D 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved. PII:S1053-482200)00053-X * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1-519-661-3679; fax: +1-519-661-3961. E-mail address: [email protected] J.P. Meyer). www.HRmanagementreview.com Human Resource Management Review 11 2001) 299±326
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