The Moderating Effect of Network Centrality on the Relationship Between Work Experience Variables and Organizational Commitment

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to identify the effect of an individual's network position on the relationship between work experience variables and affective commitment. This study tested three hypotheses, which were introduced through a comprehensive literature review, regarding the relationships between work experience variables and affective commitment. Research has indicated linkages between social network centrality and organizational commitment; however, the specific effects of centrality remain unclear. Therefore, this research developed and tested a moderation model to identify relationships between network centrality, affective commitment, and three work experience variables: psychological empowerment (PE), leader-member exchange (LMX), and perceived organizational support (POS). The moderation results suggest that network centrality significantly influences the relationship between PE and AC as well as POS and AC. While there was an indication that network centrality also influences the LMX - AC relationship, the results shown in this study were found to be insignificant.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA581791

Entities

People

  • Luke M. Kaspari

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Personnel
  • Air Force
  • Applied Psychology
  • Data Analysis
  • Factor Analysis
  • Governments
  • Information Science
  • Literature Surveys
  • Management Personnel
  • Network Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Psychology
  • Public Administration
  • Regression Analysis
  • Social Networks
  • Surveys
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Business

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  • Organizational Psychology.