Handbook of Employee Commitment

Edited by John P. Meyer, Professor, Department of Psychology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

'If you need a readable topographical map of commitment in organizations, this is the book. Thorough, clear, grounded in research, and multinational in its contributors, the Handbook is a valuable resource for scholars, students, and reflective practitioners. Reflecting both areas of agreement and divergence, the Handbook brings the reader up to speed on key issues for research and practice, and guides researchers toward important avenues for future study.' --Denise M. Rousseau, Carnegie Mellon University, US'Workplace commitment has commanded the attention of established researchers for many years. Young, emerging scholars throughout the world are also drawn to this important topic. This Handbook does what a handbook should: it offers the latest thinking on commitment, its fundamental nature, its antecedents, its consequences, its targets, its measurement, and yes, even its ''dark sides''. We learn too there are still many unanswered questions and controversies surrounding commitment. This volume provides the impetus to answer these questions and to advance our understanding of this captivating topic.'--Paula C. Morrow, Iowa State University, US'This book is the most comprehensive examination of employee commitment in Eastern as well as Western cultures on the market. Hence, it will be of utmost interest to behavioral scientists as well as practitioners who work with international organizations'--Gary Latham, University of Toronto, Canada

• Contents:Introduction1. Employee Commitment: An Introduction and RoadmapJ.P. MeyerPart I Conceptualization of Commitment2. Commitment as a Unidimensional Construct H.J. Klein and H. Park3. Commitment as a Multi-Dimensional Construct N.J. Allen4. Multiple Foci of Workplace CommitmentsT.E. BeckerPart II Related Constructs5. A Motivational Model of Employee Attachment to an Organization M. Gagné and J. Howard6. Organizational Commitment and Employee Engagement: 10 Key Questions S.L. Albrecht and O.J. Dineen7. Job Embeddedness, Employee Commitment and Related Constructs B.C. Holtom8. Organizational Identification R. Van Dick9. Psychological ContractsS.D. Hansen and Y. GriepPart III Foci of Commitment10. Occupational CommitmentJ.P. Meyer and J.A. Espinoza11. Social commitmentsC. Vandenberghe12. The Rise, Decline, Resurrection, and Growth of Union Commitment ResearchP. Horsman, D.G. Gallaghar and E.K. Kelloway13. Action CommitmentsJ.P. Meyer and B.K. AndersonPart IV Consequences of Commitment14. Employee Turnover and AbsenteeismI.R. Gellatly and L.M. Hedberg15. Employee Commitment and PerformanceD.J. Stanley and J.P. Meyer16. Counterproductive Work BehaviorB. Marcus17. Employee Commitment and Well-beingA.C. Chris, E.R. Maltin and J.P. Meyer18. Affective Consequences of Workplace CommitmentsH.J. Klein and C.T. BrinsfieldPart V Drivers of Commitment19. Individual Differences as Causes of the Development of CommitmentM.E. Bergman and V.A. Jean20. Person-Environment Fits as Drivers of CommitmentA.E.M. van Vianen, M.R.W. Hamstra and J. Koen21. Strategic Human Resource Management and Organizational CommitmentK. Jiang22. Organizational Leadership and Employee Commitment M. Trivisonno and J. Barling23. Employee Empowerment and Organizational CommitmentLaschinger, E. Read and Z. Junhong24. Perceived Organizational SupportF. Stinglhamber, G. Caesens, L. Clark and R. Eisenberger25. Organizational Justice and Employee Commitment: A Review of Contemporary ResearchD.R. Bobocel and F. MuPart VI Commitment across Cultures26. Understanding Commitment Across CulturesS.A. Wasti27. Commitment in EuropeJ. Felfe and J. Wombacher28. Employee Commitment in ChinaA. Newman and D. Wang29. An Examination of the Social-Institutional, Cultural, and Organizational Antecedents of Commitment in IndiaV.L. Dhir, N.L. Bremner and S. Datta30. Commitment in the Middle EastA. Cohen31. Organizational Commitment: A Latin American Soap OperaL.M. ArciniegaPart VII Methodological Issues32. A Contemporary Update on Testing for Measurement Equivalence and InvarianceR.J. Vandenberg and N.A. Morelli33. Tracking Change in Commitment over Time: The Latent Growth Modeling ApproachK. Bentein34. Capturing the process of committing: Design Requirements for a Temporal Measurement Instrument W. van Olffen, O.N. Solinger and R.A. Roe35. Person-Centered Research Strategies in Commitment ResearchA.J.S. MorinPart VIII Conclusion36. Employee Commitment: A Back and Moving ForwardJ.P. MeyerIndex