ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT Flashcards
It is the strength of the attachment an employee feels towards an organization
Organizational Commitment
It may be measured by the degree to which an individual is ready to adopt organizational values and goals.
Organizational Commitment
It may be measured by the degree to which an employee fulfills his/her job responsibilities. And it may also be measured by behavior observed in the workplace.
Organizational Commitment
how much an employee actuallylikesor feels part of an organization has a tremendous effect on employee and organizational performance.
Affective commitment
TRUE OR FALSE. High levels of affective commitment in employees will not only affect continuance commitment, but also encourages the employee to try to bring others into the talent pool of the organization.
TRUE
What makes an employee act as a brand ambassador?
High levels of affective commitment
What might happen when there is an employee with high continuance and a poor affective commitment?
That employee may harm the organization by criticizing it in his/her social circles.
The costs that an employee associates with leaving the organization.
Continuance commitment
It is driven to a great extent by organizational culture.
Continuance commitment
TRUE OR FALSE. When an employee finds an organization to be negative and supportive, he/she will have a higher degree of continuance commitment.
FALSE
What are the organizational factors that composes continuance commitment?
employee loyalty and employee retention
builds upon duties and values, and the degree to which an employee stays in an organization out of a sense of obligation.
Normative commitment
There are times in small companies, when payments are delayed, and the employees have to suffer pay cuts or deferred pay, but they stay on, because they do not want to leave an employer during bad times.
Normative commitment
comes from a sense of moral duty and the value system of an individual.
Normative commitment
It can be a result of affective commitment, or an outcome of socialization within the workplace and commitment to co-workers.
Normative commitment
