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The etic-emic scales demonstrated enhanced psychometric properties when administered in Turkey. In Study III, an integrated etic-emic model of organizational commitment was tested using a sample of Turkish private sector employees (N = 914). The results indicated that although affective commitment is an etic type of organizational commitment, normative commitment develops primarily from collectivist antecedents such as generalized norms of loyalty, organizational collectivism and the influence of the ingroup. Further, normative commitment was a better predictor of work withdrawal than affective commitment; but affective commitment was more strongly related to organizational citizenship behaviors. In addition, normative commitment was not related to satisfaction with life, whereas affective commitment was positively related to employee well-being. The results also revealed some interesting findings with respect to the dimensionality of continuance commitment. Continuance commitment operationalized as perceived lack of alternatives was related to lower levels of turnover intentions but also to lower levels of organizational citizenship behaviors and higher levels of work withdrawal. On the other hand, continuance commitment operationalized as high personal sacrifice not only developed as a result of side-bets and perceived lack of alternatives but also from generalized norms for loyalty and the influence of the ingroup. These relations were stronger for individuals high on allocentrism. With respect to outcomes, this type of continuance commitment was related to more positive job outcomes for individuals high on allocentrism as well as those low on idiocentrism. It appears that continuance commitment conceptualized as high personal sacrifice is culture-bound. 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In Study III, an integrated etic-emic model of organizational commitment was tested using a sample of Turkish private sector employees (N = 914). The results indicated that although affective commitment is an etic type of organizational commitment, normative commitment develops primarily from collectivist antecedents such as generalized norms of loyalty, organizational collectivism and the influence of the ingroup. Further, normative commitment was a better predictor of work withdrawal than affective commitment; but affective commitment was more strongly related to organizational citizenship behaviors. In addition, normative commitment was not related to satisfaction with life, whereas affective commitment was positively related to employee well-being. The results also revealed some interesting findings with respect to the dimensionality of continuance commitment. Continuance commitment operationalized as perceived lack of alternatives was related to lower levels of turnover intentions but also to lower levels of organizational citizenship behaviors and higher levels of work withdrawal. On the other hand, continuance commitment operationalized as high personal sacrifice not only developed as a result of side-bets and perceived lack of alternatives but also from generalized norms for loyalty and the influence of the ingroup. These relations were stronger for individuals high on allocentrism. With respect to outcomes, this type of continuance commitment was related to more positive job outcomes for individuals high on allocentrism as well as those low on idiocentrism. It appears that continuance commitment conceptualized as high personal sacrifice is culture-bound. 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