Exam 3: Organizational Commitment

Affective commitment is defined as a desire to remain a member of an organization due to an emotional attachment to, and involvement with, that organization.

"_____" contracts reflect employees' beliefs about what they owe the organization and what the organization owes them.

Organizational commitment is the desire on the part of an employee to remain a member of the organization.

Embeddedness summarizes a person's links to the organization and the community, his/her sense of fit with that organization and community, and what he/she would have to sacrifice for a job change.

Sean was recently added to the marketing team at Axon International.He will be starting at the company in two weeks.Sean has had the reputation of being an expert in ad campaigns and catching the nerve of the target audience.However, he also has the reputation of not getting along with anyone.He doesn't care much about where and for whom he works but is primarily motivated to achieve goals for himself and beat his own records.As soon as Amanda heard about Sean joining the team, she turned in her resignation.Ashton, another team member, called Sean and held a lunch meeting to express all the team members' concerns.He tried to reason with Sean to smooth things out before he formally joins the team.Amanda's reaction can be described as _____.

A(n) _____ merely exerts the minimum level of effort needed to keep their jobs.

Differentiate between the erosion model and the social influence model.

"Citizens" is one of the four types of employees based on the degree of organizational commitment and task performance."Citizens" are likely to respond to negative events with _____ because they may not have the credibility needed to inspire change but possess the desire to remain a member of the organization.

Jack grew up in Peoria. Both his family and his wife's family live there. This family background would create a high level of affective commitment.

_____ reflects the tendency to arrive at work late, or leave work early.

The most widespread form of psychological withdrawal among white-collar employees is _____, using Internet, e-mail, and instant messaging access for their personal enjoyment rather than work duties.