The Measurement of Organizational Commitment.

Abstract

This paper summarizes a stream of research aimed at developing and validating a measure of employee commitment to work organizations. The instrument, developed by Porter, is called the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ). Based on a series of studies among 2,563 employees in nine divergent organizations, cross-validated evidence of predictive, convergent, and discriminant validity emerged for the instrument. Moreover, satisfactory test-retest reliabilities and internal consistency reliabilities were found. Norms for males and females are presented based on the available sample. Possible instrument limitations and future research needs on the topic are reviewed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA057377

Entities

People

  • Lyman Porter
  • Richard M. Steers
  • Richard T. Mowday

Organizations

  • University of Oregon

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

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  • Administrative Personnel
  • Applied Psychology
  • Army
  • Business Administration
  • California
  • Employment
  • Human Resources
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Naval Personnel
  • New York
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Resource Management
  • Training
  • United States

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