Relationships Between Organizational Commitment and Its Antecedents: Employee Self‐Concept Matters

摘要: Employee self-concept is a critical self-regulatory variable in organizational settings. In this paper, we discuss the relevance of for commitment, and propose that levels moderate relationships between commitment its antecedents. Using an experimental design which primed working employed participants, found support our hypotheses. Specifically, affective antecedents (organizational support, procedural justice, company supervisor satisfaction) were more pronounced employees with salient collective self-concepts. Alternatively, continuance (outcome stronger individual We implications findings suggest directions future research. Commitment to one’s organization employee attitude. Indeed, it related numerous work-based outcomes, including satisfaction