ADM 2336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Visible Minority, Perceived Organizational Support, Goldbricking

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Administration
• Course: ADM 2336
• Professor: Pierre Martel

Document Summary

Organizational commitment: e(cid:373)plo(cid:455)ee"s desi(cid:396)e to (cid:396)e(cid:373)ai(cid:374) a (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)e(cid:396) of o(cid:396)g. Influences whether an employee stays at org. (is retained) or leaves to pursue another job (turns over) If organizational commitment is low, employee engage in high withdrawal behaviour (& vice versa) Withdrawal behaviour: actions that employees perform to avoid work situations. > connection w/ others at work colleagues, boss. > whether company has invested in you taken a risk or trusting you w/o experience. 3 forms of commitment a desire to stay w/ org. (cid:271)/(cid:272) of : affective commitment: an emotional attachment to, & involvement w/, that org. (emotion-based reasons) Employees w/ a high sense of affective commitment ide(cid:374)tif(cid:455) (cid:449)/ o(cid:396)g. & a(cid:272)(cid:272)ept o(cid:396)g. "s goals. We encourage this (cid:271)/(cid:272) : more emotionally attached, more willing to exert extra effort, more citizenship behaviours. Cost to leave & benefit to stay. Investment made by employee (in terms of time, effort, energy, etc. )