TITLE

Commitment to Organizational Change: Extension of a Three-Component Model

AUTHOR(S)
Herscovitch, Lynne; Meyer, John P.
PUB. DATE
June 2002
SOURCE
Journal of Applied Psychology;Jun2002, Vol. 87 Issue 3, p474
SOURCE TYPE
Academic Journal
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Three studies were conducted to test the application of a three-component model of workplace commitment (J. P. Meyer & N. J. Allen, 1991; J. P. Meyer & L. Herscovitch, 2001) in the context of employee commitment to organizational change. Study 1, conducted with 224 university students, provided preliminary evidence for the validity of newly developed Affective, Continuance, and Normative Commitment to Change Scales. Studies 2 and 3, conducted with hospital nurses (N = 157 and 108, respectively), provided further support for the validity of the three Commitment to Change Scales, and demonstrated that (a) commitment to a change is a better predictor of behavioral support for a change than is organizational commitment, (b) affective and normative commitment to a change are associated with higher levels of support than is continuance commitment, and (c) the components of commitment combine to predict behavior.
ACCESSION #
12128396

Tags: COMMITMENT (Psychology);  ORGANIZATIONAL change;  INDUSTRIAL psychology;  AFFECT (Psychology);  SCALING (Social sciences);  NURSES

 

Related Articles

  • Paradox and Performance: Toward a Theory of Behavioral Complexity in Managerial Leadership. Denison, Daniel R.; Hooijberg, Robert; Quinn, Robert E. // Organization Science;Sep/Oct95, Vol. 6 Issue 5, p524 

    The concept of paradox has received increasing attention in the study of leadership, but these new ideas have not yet had much influence on empirical leadership research. This paper examines the development of these ideas in the literature and attempts to clarify what influence they might have...

  • LEVELS ISSUES IN THEORY DEVELOPMENT, DATA COLLECTION, AND ANALYSIS. Klein, Katherine J.; Dansereau, Fred; Hall, Rosalie I. // Academy of Management Review;Apr94, Vol. 19 Issue 2, p195 

    Despite past entreaties to organizational theorists and researchers to address levels issues more carefully, levels issues continue to arouse confusion and controversy within the organizational literature. We highlight three alternative assumptions that underlie the specification of levels of...

  • LEVELS ISSUES IN THEORY DEVELOPMENT, DATA COLLECTION, AND ANALYSIS. Klein, Katherine J.; Dansereau, Fred; Hall, Rosalie I. // Academy of Management Review;Apr94, Vol. 19 Issue 2, p195 

    Despite past entreaties to organizational theorists and researchers to address levels issues more carefully, levels issues continue to arouse confusion and controversy within the organizational literature. We highlight three alternative assumptions that underlie the specification of levels of...

  • DYNAMIC CHARACTER OF CRITERIA: ORGANIZATION CHANGE. Prien, Erich P. // Journal of Applied Psychology;Dec66, Vol. 50 Issue 6, p501 

    Previous thought and research on criterion development emphasize: measurement problems related to scaling and analysis, problems created by the sponsor, values of the researcher, aspects of deriving a composite criterion, and the dynamic character of job requirements related to incumbent...

  • Creating Commitment.  // Training & Development Journal;Apr91, Vol. 45 Issue 4, p45 

    Provides tips on creating commitment among employees. Benefits provided by committed employees to organizations; Characteristics of a committed employee.

  • Creating Commitment.  // Training & Development Journal;Apr91, Vol. 45 Issue 4, p45 

    Provides tips on creating commitment among employees. Benefits provided by committed employees to organizations; Characteristics of a committed employee.

  • Commitment And Accountability. Chaneski, Wayne S. // Modern Machine Shop;Apr2006, Vol. 78 Issue 11, p52 

    The article discusses commitment and accountability in managing organizational changes. It outlines the process of implementing organizational change. It cites the reasons that prompt organizational change and discusses the different reactions of employees to change. It describes how managers...

  • Takıma psikolojik bağlılık ölçeğinin Türkçe formunun geçerlilik ve güvenirlik çalışması. Eskiler, Ersin; Sarı, İhsan; Soyer, Fikret // International Journal of Human Sciences;Jan-Jun2011, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p1428 

    The aim of this research is to assess the reliability and the validity of The Psychological Commitment to Team Scale which was developed by Mahony et al. (2000). 390 participants whose average age was 20,97 from different faculties and departments of Sakarya University participated in the study....

  • The Role of Anticipated Regret in Escalation of Commitment. Kin Fat Ellick Wong; Kwong, Jessica Y. Y. // Journal of Applied Psychology;Mar2007, Vol. 92 Issue 2, p545 

    This research tests the general proposition that people are motivated to reduce future regret under escalation situations. This is supported by the findings that (a) escalation of commitment is stronger when the possibility of future regret about withdrawal is high than when this possibility is...

Share

Read the Article

Courtesy of VIRGINIA BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY AND SYSTEM

Sorry, but this item is not currently available from your library.

Try another library?
Sign out of this library

Other Topics