Loading...
Please wait, while we are loading the content...
Similar Documents
Becker ’ s Theory of Commitment : An Empirical Verification Among Blue-Collar Workers "
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Baba, Vishwanath V. Jamal, Muahammad |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | The présent study attempts to assess the empirical relevance of Becker's theory of commitment to study organizational commitment among Mue collar workers. The relative importance of démographie, background and job factors as possible predictors of organizational commitment are examined. The sample is drawn from packaging, power distribution and manufacturing industries in Ca-nada. Stepwise multiple régression analysis is used to isolate the important predictors of organizational commitment. Though the concept of organizational commitment has been enjoying wide currency among students of organizational behavior, the number of empirical studies dealing with organizational commitment do not reflect the same enthusiasm. Even among the few published studies a majority deal only with the différences between occupational and organizational commitment (Porter, 1970) and very little is known about the predictors of organizational commitment (Hrebiniak & Alutto, 1972). A survey of the commitment literature also reveals a lopsided représentation of professional and managerial respondents drawn from U.S. samples. Studies on the comparison of U.S. and Canadian attitudes hâve demonstrated significant différences and cast doubts on the interchangeability of research findings between U.S. and Canada (Porter , 1973 ; Moore & Thompson, 1975). In the light of the foregoing, the présent study is carried out (a) to explore the nature of organizational commitment, (b) among blue-collar, (c) drawn from a Canadian sample. The intent primarily is to contribute toward filling the gap found in the literature. Before proceeding to a brief survey of the literature of organizational commitment a définition of the term is in order. Organizational Commitment (OC) refers to «the nature of an individual's relationship to an organization, such that a highly committed person will indicate: (1) a strong désire to remain a member of the particular organization, (2) a willingness to exert high levels of effort on behalf of the organization, and (3) a definite belief in and acceptance of the values and goals of the or-ganization» (Porter & Smith, Note 3). The above définition suggests an active relationship between the individual and the organization in which the individual is willing to contribute in a more than passive way to the welfare of the organization. A survey of the literature on organizational commitment revealed two major theoretical frameworks on which most studies were based. One is Homan's exchange theory (1958) according to which organizational commitment is seen as the outcome of the exchange relationship between the individual and the organization. The theory suggests as … |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.erudit.org/revue/ri/1979/v34/n1/028940ar.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/ri/1979-v34-n1-ri2845/028940ar.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Attitude Commitment ordering Commitment scheme Contraceptives, Oral Donald Becker Emoticon Moore machine Organizational behavior Relevance Scientific Publication Sea-Blue Histiocyte Syndrome Smith–Volterra–Cantor set Top-down and bottom-up design physical hard work |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
