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Copyright Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração Sep-Dec 1998

Abstract

In this study, a validation of the Meyer and Allen (1991) three component conceptual model of organizational commitment was undertaken, using their reduced and modified 18 item instrument. Three hundred and seventy-three employees and their supervisors in 201 small firms in the industrial, commercial and service sectors in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, were interviewed. Factor analysis, which confirmed the tree dimensional commitment structure: affective, continuance and normative, was utilized for the validation. Applying cluster analysis to the factor scores and combining commitment components, individuals were grouped into eight distinct patterns of organizational commitment. The relationships existing among patterns of organizational commitment and individual job performance, measured by supervisors' evaluation on the bases of productivity, work centrality and organizational commitment, were examined. The patterns of commitment that differentiate the individuals in relation to their work performance: the affective-normative pattern of commitment, the pattern of commitment on the three components and the continuance-affective pattern, were identified by the use of analysis of variance. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

Details

Title
Validação do Modelo de Conceitualização de Três Componentes do Comprometimento Organizacional (Meyer e Allen, 1991)
Author
Medeiros, Carlos Alberto Freire; Enders, Wayne Thomas
Pages
67-87,178,182
Publication year
1998
Publication date
Sep-Dec 1998
Publisher
Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração
ISSN
14156555
e-ISSN
19827849
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Portuguese
ProQuest document ID
1449478165
Copyright
Copyright Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração Sep-Dec 1998