The Many Faces of Commitment: Facet-Level Links to Performance in Military Contexts

    Authors

    P. G. O'Shea; G. F. Goodwin; J. E. Driskell; E. Salas;S. Ardison

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    Abstract

    Over the past two decades, considerable progress has been achieved in an effort to better identify and understand the various types of organizational commitment, the foci toward which such committed bonds are directed, and the myriad outcomes associated with these bonds. This research adds to and extends such work within a military context. Specifically, we explore relations among various forms (e.g., affective, normative, and continuance) of both team- and military-focused commitment and several supervisory-rated performance criteria. Across the different criteria, team-focused commitment tended to be a stronger predictor of performance than military-oriented commitment did. However, military-oriented commitment was inversely related to supervisory ratings of soldiers' negative behaviors. We discuss the psychological mechanisms that likely drive these findings, the implications of this work, and several potentially fruitful next steps within this research domain.

    Journal Title

    Military Psychology

    Volume

    21

    Issue/Number

    1

    Publication Date

    1-1-2009

    Document Type

    Article

    First Page

    5

    Last Page

    23

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000264752300002

    ISSN

    0899-5605

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