The Committed Workforce: Evidence from the Field Unabridged Edition
Author(s): Yannis Markovits (Author)
- Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Publication Date: 1 Oct. 2012
- Edition: Unabridged
- Language: English
- Print length: 220 pages
- ISBN-10: 144384084X
- ISBN-13: 9781443840842
Book Description
Organizational commitment and job satisfaction are two interrelated work attitudes, and the kind of relationship is influenced by the economic sector and the type of employment. Employees develop commitment profiles that relate differently to satisfaction and its facets. Individuals experience different regulatory foci that relate to the forms of commitment and these foci develop into separable characters that moderate the commitment/satisfaction relationship. Since commitment predicts organizational citizenship behaviours, and satisfaction relates to these behaviours, then job satisfaction mediates the relationship between organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behaviours (OCBs). Study 1 investigates research hypotheses on the moderating role of the economic sector to satisfaction/commitment relationships. Study 2 examines commitment profiles with respect to satisfaction in the private and public sector. Study 3 relates the promotion and prevention focus to the forms of commitment, their moderation to satisfaction/commitment, and develops four separable regulatory focus characters. This moderating intervention is crucially influenced by the employment status of the individuals. Study 4 examines the mediating role of satisfaction on the commitment/OCBs relationship. Job satisfaction mediates more strongly the relationship between commitment forms and loyal boosterism. The results are discussed, and the implications and contributions for academics and practitioners are analyzed.
Editorial Reviews
Review
This book deepens our understanding of job satisfaction and organizational commitment of employees. It is based on powerful and rigorous scholarly research and provides new insights into how employees experience influences the effectiveness of their organizations as well as their own well-being. The research has significant implications for improving management in all organizations and economies to ensure that people have positive, nurturing work environments in which they can give of their best and flourish. –Michael West, Lancaster University
While the complexities of organizational commitment are increasingly being appreciated, the influence of context is still under-studied. Comparing across private and public sectors in Greece, this book validates and extends our knowledge in ways relevant to academicians and practitioners alike. –S. Arzu Wasti, Sabanci University
Organizational Commitment is a longstanding concept in organizational behavior and work psychology. One would think that more than 50 years of intense research around the globe have unveiled everything that can be examined. Yannis Markovits book shows the contrary: there are still important research questions that can be explored and he does this with both an extreme level of detail and sophisticated technical competence while at the same time presenting a readable work that is useful for practitioners. His analyses on data from more than 3000 research participants show that commitment is still a useful construct for explaining (and fostering) employee satisfaction and performance. But his research also shows that it is important to differentiate forms of commitments and its combinations and also between employees in the public and private sector. I think this book should be read by every manager and every person with leadership roles in the private sector. It shows how important the people in organizations are and where can this be more relevant as at times of extreme economic crises such as in today s Greece? –Rolf van Dick, Goethe University
About the Author
Yannis Markovits is a full-time civil servant and part-time lecturer of organizational behaviour and human resource management in Greece. He received his PhD. in Management (work/organizational psychology) from Aston Business School. He currently works as financial inspector for the Greek Ministry of Finance and has worked both in public administration and private sector organizations for more than twenty years in management, financial and HR positions. His research interests center on organizational commitment, job satisfaction, employee motivation, employment relations, and employees’ training. Dr. Markovits has authored articles, books, and book chapters, and presented his work in various international scientific conferences. He serves as reviewer on academic journals, and he is associate editor of the International Journal of the Academy of Organizational Behavior Management and member of the editorial review board of the International Journal of Management Science and Information Technology. He has also participated and supervised various research projects and worked as national expert on missions and projects in Greece and in the EU.
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