2 Organizational Commitment ‘The Construct leaving theorga mora] obligation to remain withan organiza 199%) ng for an organiza Employecs whose primary link to the engsnization i based on continuance commitment 1 ir employes because they need to da ~. rmauive conitavent reflects 4 feeling of obligation to coatinae employ. ret. Employees witha high level ef rorma- fe commitment fel thst they ought tore in wih the orgaxization (Meyor & Alien 1997) Others have argued fAecis 1 commitment re turcof the bond can ake tee forms, labeled compliance, identification, and internaica & Chatman, 1686), Compl ance ocoure when ‘adopted not beca sliply 10 gala. spe #se, public and privat attitudes may dif enifizaton cocurs whea anChapter 2: Organizational Commitment 4 a multidimensional construct that xdes an affective dimension and ati end locating snother sb with similar pay and ben ‘The Measures This chapter d ensures of nga ional commitment. There are ry Issues 10 be addkesse serite commitment in teims of attitudes or wione In genersl, researchers. h tended to revognize the importance of both ritment forms. It is possible, for example, that commitment comes about when ax indi ats rade, employees may find mech: for adjusting, Hence, Fan hnas worked for # major corporation or 20 yeas, Mor she ployees to respond to statemanis or questions that reilet the employees” tes dbout ei relationship nization, not their behavior, found that measures of organizs rmitment are empi thls si4 Taking the Measure of Work Description The Crgaizational Commitment Questicnmriwe (OCQ) was original developed by Mowdy, and Poster (1979), i commitment This widely used measure has the word job commit- to job (Gunz & Gunz, used a by chinging he wording from organi 1994; Millward é Hopkins Reliability organization, led wo facions—on con- ingsix negatively Factor was unciear and pessibly nine postively word worded items. The meaning of the se sand may overlap ad & suougertelatonship Witt Source Items temsof le factor, sgt Mowday RT, Steers, R. M., & Porter, L. W, (1979), The measurement of ‘eganizational commitment. Journal of Vocational Behavior 14, 224-247, lems were taken fom Table 1, p.228. Copyright © 1979 by Acadernic Press. Reproduced with permission. Responses ae obtained using a 7-point Liker-ype scale where I= strongly isogree,2= moderaey disagree, = slighty disagree, A=netherdisegree noragree, 5=slightyagree,6= moderatelyagree,and7 = strongly agree ‘The OC0 instructions and item orga p this organization to my fiends a a grea ongeni work for 3. feel very organization he way of job performance 9. ILwould take very lite change in my present creunistance to cause me to leave this omanization (R) 10. Tamexiremely lsd that I chose this onganization to work for ever Teas considering & the tee I jinod