Organizational commitment and psychological attachment: The effects of compliance, identification, and internalization on prosocial behavior.

A. O’Reilly, Charles; A. Chatman, Jennifer

doi:10.1037/0021-9010.71.3.492

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Organizational commitment and psychological attachment: The effects of compliance, identification, and internalization on prosocial behavior.

Published in Journal of Applied Psychology • Aug 1, 1986

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Charles A. O’Reilly

Jennifer A. Chatman

Abstract

Previous research on organizational commitment has typically not focused on underlying dimensions of psychological attachment to organization. Results of two studies using university employees (N = 82) and students (N = 162) suggest that psychological attachment may be predicated on compliance, iden...

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Prosocial behavior

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Psychology

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