Determinants of Organizational Commitment Among U.S. Workers

This study examines the relationship between organizational commitment, job performance, and several individual and work-related variables. My research proceeds in two steps. First, I replicate the analysis between job performance and the individual and workrelated characteristics found in, Organizational Commitment and Job Performance in the U.S. Labor Force (Research in the Sociology of Work, Volume 5, 1995), by Arne Kalleberg and Peter Marsden. Second, I analyze the relationship between affective, effort, and continuance commitment and the individual and work-related characteristics using both bivariate and multivariate analyses. My findings suggest that autonomy and career advancement are the strongest indicators followed by gender, race, and measurement of output. The findings also raise interesting questions involving the definition and understanding of the concept of self-employment.

Name thesis:degree_name

MA

Level thesis:degree_level

Immediate Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Graduate Center for Social and Public Policy

Year dc:date.available

2005

Author dc:creator

• Johns, Richard

Contributors dc:contributor

• Richard A. Colignon
• Joseph D. Yenerall

• Affective Commitment
• Continuance Commitment
• Effort Commitment
• Organizational Commitment

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/703

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-1719