Abstract
Two distinct views of organizational commitment are examined in this study. Affective commitment describes an employee's emotional attachment to, identification with, and involvement in the organization. Continuance commitment is a behavioral view of commitment and describes an attachment to an organization based on "side-bets," or extraneous interests, such as pensions and seniority, which create costs in leaving an organization. These two dimensions are empirically examined for the case of 312 information systems (IS) employees. These findings demonstrate the importance of distinguishing between commitment based on a desire to stay in an organization and commitment based on a need to stay because of other factors, as well as the importance of fostering affective commitment in organizations.
Department(s)
Information Technology and Cybersecurity
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
6-6-1996
Recommended Citation
Sethi, Vikram, David Meinert, Ruth C. King, and Vijay Sethi. 1996. "The multidimensional nature of organizational commitment among information systems personnel." In AMCIS 1996 Proceedings AMCIS 1996 Proceedings. 284: Americas Conference on Information Systems.
