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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

The Two Faces of Employees’ Normative Commitment: Obligations and Values

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Industrial/Organizational

  • Sarah Adams
    Central Michigan University
  • Terry Beehr
    Central Michigan University
  • Jeremy Henson
    Central Michigan University
  • Nathan Bowling
    Wright State University

Abstract

We created scales that assess two types of employees’ normative commitment: (a) value alignment with the organization and (b) feelings of obligation to the organization. Using data from a sample of U.S. workers (N = 212), we found that the two forms of commitment differentially related to several other variables.

Organizational/Workplace/Leadership