Perceived organizational support and work status

A comparison of the employment relationships of part‐time and full‐time employees attending university classes

Bibliographic Data

ID12168538
AuthorsAnika Gakovic (University of Houston), Lois E Tetrick (University of Houston, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume24
Issue5
Pages649-666
Publication date2003-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Organizational Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0894-3796 • E-ISSN: 1099-1379
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/job.206
OpenAlexW2091541404
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited60

Employees who were attending classes at a local university responded to measures of perceived organizational support, the content of their psychological contracts (e.g., relational and transactional obligations), social and economic exchange, the level of fulfillment of both employee and organizational obligations, and organizational commitment. Part‐time employees ( N =319) reported higher levels of perceived organizational support and stronger economic exchange relationships, while full‐time employees ( N =282) reported higher levels of continuance commitment—sacrifice and greater relational and transactional obligations to their organizations. There were no significant differences between the two groups in terms of the strength of social exchange relationships, the levels of their organizations' relational and transactional obligations to them, the degree to which they had fulfilled their obligations to their organizations or their organizations had fulfilled their obligations to them, the level of continuance commitment—perceived alternatives, affective commitment, and normative commitment. There were no differences in the strength of the relations between perceived organizational support and the other exchange variables depending on work status. Overall, the findings suggested that social exchange processes operate similarly for part‐time and full‐time employees. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Continuance · Normative · Organizational commitment · Perceived organizational support · Political science · Psychological contract · Public relations · Social exchange theory · Transactional leadership · Emotional Labor in Professions · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology · Workaholism, burnout, and well-being