Exam 3: Organizational Commitment

Describe the different types and forms of withdrawal.Provide an example of each.

The set of actions that employees perform to avoid the work situation that may eventually culminate in quitting the organization refers to:

Employees who have direct linkages with "leavers" will themselves become more likely to leave.This is the _______ model.

When Nathanial uses the Internet to check his personal email and sends instant messages to his friends during work hours,he is guilty of:

A passive,constructive response that maintains public support for the situation while the individual privately hopes for improvement is referred to as:

The erosion model suggests that employees who have direct linkages with "leavers" will themselves become more likely to leave.

Involuntary turnover occurs when employees are fired by the organization for some reason.

A passive,destructive response in which interest and effort in the job declines is referred to as:

Nikki appears to be working but is frequently distracted by random thoughts or concerns she has about her personal life.Nikki is experiencing:

An employees' desire to remain a member of their organization is referred to as:

If an employer provides training and development opportunities,this should improve normative commitment.

An employee will likely respond to negative events with _____ because they possess the desire to remain a member of the organization.

According to the textbook,a study compared the impact of a variety of human resources management practices on voluntary turnover and found that two of the most significant predictors were:

Which of the following forms of comfort relates significantly to affective commitment?

You have just gotten married,purchased a home,and a new convertible,all of which makes it difficult to think about changing jobs.You don't like your job,but the feeling that you need to stay at your company refers to:

The primary response to negative events at work that is a passive,negative response in which interest and effort in the job declines is termed exit.

Ashton's reaction can be described as which of these?

Organizational commitment should decrease the likelihood that an individual will respond to a negative work event with which of the following?

Staying at a company because you want to reflects _______ commitment,whereas staying because you need to reflects _______ commitment.

Sally likes Fitness Central,her new employer.She identifies with Fitness Central,has accepted Fitness Central's goals and values,and is more willing to exert extra effort on behalf of Fitness Central.Sally is experiencing _______ commitment.