The combined influence of affective, continuance and normative commitment on employee withdrawal

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-1-2009

Abstract

In a sample of 288 hospital nurses, commitment profiles were compared to turnover intentions, job search behavior, work withdrawal (absenteeism and lateness) and job stress. Five empirically-derived commitment profiles emerged: highly committed, affective-normative dominant, continuance-normative dominant, continuance dominant, and uncommitted. Results indicated that the most positive work outcomes were associated with the affective-normative dominant profile which included lower turnover intentions and lower levels of psychological stress. There were no differences among the commitment groups for lateness, and unexpectedly, the continuance-normative dominant group had the lowest levels of absenteeism. It was suggested that future research focus on the combined influence of commitment on work outcomes. © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Identifier

58549114003 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Journal of Vocational Behavior

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2008.10.006

ISSN

00018791

First Page

75

Last Page

81

Issue

1

Volume

74

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