Employee-organization linkages : the psychology of commitment, absenteeism, and turnover /

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Main Authors: Mowday, Richard T.
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Porter, Lyman W.; Steers, Richard M.
Published: Academic Press,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: 1982.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Organizational and occupational psychology
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780125093705
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (x, 253 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-244).
ISBN: 9781483267395
1483267393
9780125093705
0125093705
Index Number: HF5548
CLC: F406.13
Contents: Front Cover; Employee-Organization Linkages: The Psychology of Commitment, Absenteeism, and Turnover; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Employee-Organization Linkages: An Introduction; Importance of Employee-Organization Linkages; Impact of Societal Changes on Employee-Organization Linkages; Implications of Reduced Employee-Organization Linkages; Plan of the Book; Chapter 2. Nature of Organizational Commitment; Definition of Organizational Commitment; Antecedents of Organizational Commitment; Consequences of Organizational Commitment; Summary.
Chapter 3. Development of Organizational CommitmentDevelopment of Organizational Commitment: A Conceptual Framework; Anticipation: Pre-employment and Job Choice Influences on Commitment; Initiation: Early Employment Influences on Organizational Commitment; Entrenchment: Continuing Commitment to Organizations; Longitudinal Studies of the Commitment Process; Organizational Commitment: A Future Research Agenda; Summary; Chapter 4. Determinants of Employee Absenteeism; Extent and Cost of Absenteeism; Relationship between Absenteeism and Turnover; Measuring Employee Absenteeism.
A Model of Employee AttendanceEmployee Absenteeism: A Future Research Agenda; Summary; Chapter 5. Determinants of Employee Turnover; Extent of Turnover; Measuring Employee Turnover; Previous Research on Employee Turnover; A Model of Voluntary Employee Turnover; Employee Turnover: A Future Research Agenda; Summary; Chapter 6. Consequences of Employee Commitment, Turnover, and Absenteeism; Consequences of Employee Commitment; Consequences of Employee Turnover; Consequences of Employee Absenteeism; Consequences of Employee-Organization Linkages: A Future Research Agenda; Summary.
Chapter 7. Accommodating the Participation-Withdrawal Decision: A Cognitive AnalysisAttitudinal Consequences of Decisions to Stay or Leave; Interpreting the Causes of Turnover Behavior; Cognitive Accommodation of the Participation Decision: A Future Research Agenda; Summary; Chapter 8. Conclusion: An Agenda for Managers; Nature of Employee-Organization Linkages; Issues for Management; Approaches Available to Managers to Strengthen Linkages; Summary; Appendix: The Measurement of Organizational Commitment; Means and Standard Deviations; Internal Consistency Reliability; Test-Retest Reliability.
Evidence of Convergent ValidityEvidence of Discriminant Validity; Norms; Summary; References; Author Index; Subject Index.