OBHR 33000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Organizational Commitment, Embeddedness, Social Influence

• School: Purdue University
• Department: Organizational Behavior and Human Resources
• Course: OBHR 33000
• Professor: Habashi Meara

Document Summary

Can be conceptualized as an emotional bond to the organization. Erosion model: individuals with fewer bonds will be more likely to quit. Social influence model: employees who have direct linkages with leavers will themselves become more likely to leave. Affective commitment: a desire to remain a member of an organization due to an emotional attachment to, and involvement with, that organization. Continuance commitment: when there"s a profit associated with staying and a cost associated with leaving. Normative commitment: a sense that staying is the right or moral thing to do. Ideally, the most committed individuals are high in all three forms of commitment. When the profit and costs are high, continuance commitment is also high. Time spent in company would be lost (starting over) Any behaviors by an employee in which they distance themselves from the organization or their responsibilities. Psychological withdrawal: actions that provide a mental escape from the environment. Physical withdrawal: actions that provide a physical escape.