An evaluation of a three-component model of occupational commitment: dimensionality and consequences among United Kingdom human resource management specialists

Snape, E.; Redman, T.

Abstract

This study evaluated the J. P. Meyer, N. J. Allen, and C. A. Smith (1993) model of occupational commitment using a sample of 678 United Kingdom human resource management specialists. Support was found for the 3-component model, and findings suggest that the consequences of the affective, normative, and continuance components differ. Affective and continuance commitment were negatively related to occupational withdrawal cognitions, whereas normative commitment was negatively related to withdrawal cognitions only when continuance commitment was low. Affective and, to a lesser extent, normative commitment were related to intention to participate in professional activities. Continuance commitment had no significant relationship with intention to participate in professional activities.

Citation

Snape, E., & Redman, T. (2003). An evaluation of a three-component model of occupational commitment: dimensionality and consequences among United Kingdom human resource management specialists. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88(1), 152-159. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.88.1.152

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Feb 1, 2003
• Deposit Date: Jan 26, 2009
• Journal: Journal of Applied Psychology
• Print ISSN: 0021-9010
• Electronic ISSN: 1939-1854
• Publisher: American Psychological Association
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 88
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 152-159
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.88.1.152
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1630986
• Publisher URL: http://content.apa.org/journals/apl/88/1/152