BSAD 120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Social Influence, Organizational Commitment

• School: University of Vermont
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BSAD 120
• Professor: Ante Glavas

Document Summary

Organizational commitment the desire on the part of an employee to remain a member of the organization. Affective commitment: desire to remain a member of an organization due to an emotional attachment to, and involvement with, that organization, because you want to. Continuance commitment: desire to remain a member of an organization because of an awareness of the costs associated with leaving it, because you need to. Normative commitment: desire to remain a member of an organization due to a feeling of obligation, because you ought to. Withdrawal behavior the set of actions that employees perform to avoid the work situation-behaviors that may eventually culminate in quitting. Focus of commitment various people, places, and things that can inspire a desire to remain a member of an organization. Social influence model suggests that employees who have direct linkages with leavers will themselves become more likely to leave.