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This milestone Handbook brings together an impressive collection of international contributions on micro research in Organizational Behavior. Focusing on core micro Organizational Behavior issues, chapters cover key themes such as individual and group behaviour. The Sage Handbook of Organizational Behavior Volumes I provides students and scholars with an insightful and wide reaching survey of the current state of the field and is an indespensible road map to the subject area. The Sage Handbook of Organizational Behavior Volume II will publish in November 2008. Edited by Stewart R Clegg and Cary L Cooper this Handbook draws together contributions from leading macro Organizational Behavior scholars.
Commitment in the Workplace: Past, Present, and Future
Commitment in the Workplace: Past, Present, and Future
Theory and research pertaining to commitment in the workplace had its roots in the Human Relations movement in the mid-20th century, but arguably came to life in the 1970s due in large measure to a program of research conducted by Lyman Porter, Richard Mowday and Richard Steers. Their seminal book on commitment (Mowday et al., 1982) was a major impetus for subsequent theory development and research. Today, a literature search for publications pertaining to commitment in a work context yields close to 2000 entries.
Our objectives in this chapter are to provide a brief history of theory and research on workplace commitment and to illustrate the tremendous developments that have taken ...
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