Foci And Bases Of Employee Commitment: Implications For Job Performance

Authors

Thomas E. Becker, University of DelawareFollow
Robert S. Billings
Daniel M. Eveleth
Nicole L. Gilbert

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1996

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.5465/256788

Abstract

Previous research has found that employee commitment and job performance are largely unrelated. However, prior work has not distinguished among individual foci (targets) and bases (motives) of commitment. We found, as expected, that commitment to supervisors was positively related to performance and was more strongly associated with performance than was commitment to organizations. Further, internalization of supervisors' and organizations' values was associated with performance but identification with these foci was not.

Was this content written or created while at USF?

No

Citation / Publisher Attribution

Academy of Management Journal, v. 39, no. 2, p. 464-482

Scholar Commons Citation

Becker, Thomas E.; Billings, Robert S.; Eveleth, Daniel M.; and Gilbert, Nicole L., "Foci And Bases Of Employee Commitment: Implications For Job Performance" (1996). School of Information Systems and Management Sarasota Manatee Campus Faculty Publications. 132.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/qmb_facpub_sm/132