Trajectories of organizational commitment
A qualitative study in a Greek public sector organization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12701202 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maria Simosi (0000-0002-6869-1958, University of the Aegean, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 111-130 |
| Publication date | 2013-02-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Cross Cultural Management (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1470-5958 • E-ISSN: 1741-2838 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1470595812452637 |
| OpenAlex | W2314298409 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 56 |
Developmental issues of organizational commitment have received little attention and have been mainly examined through cross-sectional or longitudinal designs which used predefined scales validated in an Anglo-Saxon cultural context. The present study aims to address this gap by examining the developmental processes as well as possible intersections among commitment components as experienced by Greek employees working in a public sector organization. As 25 interviews with employees of different tenure length suggested, employees’ experience of organizational commitment reflected culturally driven values and expectations. Specifically, the notion of organizational commitment was interwoven with that of self-definition. Shifts in employees’ psychological contract were found to follow commitment and self-definitional developments. Moreover, commitments to different work-related foci were intertwined with commitment to the organization in the discourse of less experienced employees, while perceptions of wants and obligations were found to change in nature and were increasingly interwoven as tenure increased. The implications of the study for cross-cultural management lay in furthering our understanding of organizational commitment in a less studied cultural context in management research, while pointing out that cultural diversity constitutes an additional aspect for understanding employees’ commitment to their workplace
Business · Context (archaeology · Cultural diversity · Diversity (politics · Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory · Organizational commitment · Organizational culture · Perception · Political science · Psychological contract · Public relations · Public sector · Sociology · Cultural Differences and Values · Customer Service Quality and Loyalty · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology
Critical Discursive Psychology
Commitment in the Workplace
Organizational commitment and psychological attachment
Does Cultural Socialization Predict Multiple Bases and Foci of Commitment?
Foci and Bases of Commitment
Understanding the Dynamics of Leadership
A Review and Reconceptualization of Organizational Commitment
Testing the "side-bet theory" of organizational commitment
Commitment to organizational change
Changing Obligations and the Psychological Contract
Commitment in the workplace
Defining the 'field at a given time.'
Employee—Organization Linkages
Organizational Socialization as a Learning Process
The Role of Change in the Relationship Between Commitment and Turnover
A three-component conceptualization of organizational commitment
Social Identity Theory and the Organization
Affective, Continuance, and Normative Commitment to the Organization
Multinational Perspectives on Work Values and Commitment
Organizational Commitment Profiles and Job Satisfaction among Greek Private and Public Sector Employees
I” is to continuance as “We” is to affective
The effects of psychological contract breach and organizational cynicism
Organizational identification versus organizational commitment
The relationship between affective and normative commitment
The ‘problem’ of the psychological contract considered
Managing the career deal
Relationship on Work-Related Values of Singaporean and Japanese Managers in Singapore
Exchange and power in social life
Who is this "We"? Levels of collective identity and self representations
The self and social behavior in differing cultural contexts
Power Distance, Individualism/Collectivism, and Job-Related Attitudes in a Culturally Diverse Work Group
Compliance and Value Internalization in Brazil and the U.S
Cultural Values, Sources of Guidance, and their Relevance to Managerial Behavior
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |