Structural Influences on Organizational Commitment: A Research Note.

Abstract

Relationships of several aspects of organization structure with organizational commitment were examined within a multiple correlation framework for 262 public sector employees. As a set, the six structural variables accounted for over 20% of the variation in organizational commitment for the vocationally heterogeneous sample studied. Decentralization, functional dependence, and formalization each made significant (p < .05), independent contributions to explained variation in organizational commitment. Overall, these results suggest that future model-building efforts should take organization structure into account as one potentially important dimension of influences on organizational commitment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA073174

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  • James H. Morris
  • Richard M. Steers

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  • University of Oregon

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  • Business Administration
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  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
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  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
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