Exam 3: Organizational Commitment

The social influence model of withdrawal behavior suggests that employees with fewer bonds will be most likely to quit the organization.

Employees categorized as citizens demonstrate the highest levels of organizational commitment and behave in an active, constructive manner.

Nelson Roe works as an assistant coach for the Washington Wizards in the NBA.Recently he was offered the Head-coaching duties at the Portland Blazers.Though their terms and remuneration were very attractive and it would be a huge career move for Nelson, he declined the offer.He felt it was with Washington Wizards that he learned and developed as a coach, and that staying back at Washington Wizards is the right thing to do and is his obligation.This is an example of _____ commitment.

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

The most serious form of physical withdrawal is _____.

The most serious form of physical withdrawal is absenteeism.

Employees who feel a sense of _____ commitment tend to engage in more interpersonal and organizational citizenship behaviors, such as helping, sportsmanship, and boosterism.

Organizational commitment should decrease the likelihood that an individual will respond to a negative work event with _____ or _____.

Continuance commitment exists when there's a profit associated with staying and a cost associated with leaving.

Which of the following terms refers to the desire on the part of an employee to remain a member of the organization?

Which of the following is a psychological withdrawal behavior?

"_____" is a form of withdrawal in which employees appear to be working but are actually distracted by random thoughts or concerns.

The progression model of withdrawal argues that the various withdrawal behaviors negatively correlate with one another-that doing one means you're less likely to do another. The idea is that any form of withdrawal can compensate for, or neutralize, a sense of dissatisfaction, which makes the other forms unnecessary.

According to the _____ model of withdrawal, various withdrawal behaviors are uncorrelated with one another, occur for different reasons, and fulfill different needs on the part of employees.

The retirement of the Baby Boomers will have no effect on the country's economic output.

Describe the four types of employees using the combination of two variables: organizational commitment and task performance.

When employees engage in _____, they use work time and resources to complete something other than their job duties, such as assignments for another job.

Organizational commitment should increase the likelihood that an individual will respond to a negative work with _____ or _____.

An active, destructive response by which an individual either ends or restricts organizational membership is referred to as _____.

_____ possess low levels of organizational commitment but high levels of task performance and are motivated to achieve work goals for themselves, not necessarily for their company.