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Organizational commitment and job involvement in the conditions of changing a psychological contract
Agata Wołowska
Abstract
The main objective of this dissertation was to examine how changes in labor market and in the relations between an employee and an organization (which means increased number of private companies in Polish labor market, increased number of temporary contracts as compared to permanent ones and increased frequency of breaching the psychological contract) affect attitudes towards work and the organization. In the research a three-dimensional concept of organizational commitment suggested by Meyer and Allen (1997) and Kanungo definition of job involvement (1982) were used. The data for this study were collected from 330 Polish employees holding different forms of employment: classic employment (N=198) and temporary work (N=132). Participants were recruited from two organizations: public administration (N=205) and a private company (N=125). The research has shown that work locus of control, breach of psychological contract and psychological climate had a significant influence on attitudes towards work and organization, forms of employment (permanent/temporary), however, did not contribute to a significant increment in prediction of organizational commitment and job involvement. Finally, psychological climate mediated the relationships between a psychological contract breach and work attitudes, this influence, however, was moderated by the type of the organization: public/private.- Record ID
- UAMff6f859a04d74d60a17c425aa4b15f6b
- Diploma type
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Author
- Title in Polish
- Przywiązanie do organizacji i zaangażowanie w pracę w warunkach zmiany kontraktu psychologicznego
- Title in English
- Organizational commitment and job involvement in the conditions of changing a psychological contract
- Language
- pol (pl) Polish
- Certifying Unit
- Faculty of Social Sciences (FoSS)
- Discipline
- psychology / (social studies) / (social studies)
- Scientific discipline (2.0)
- Status
- Finished
- Defense Date
- 11-06-2010
- Title date
- 11-06-2010
- Supervisor
- URL
- http://hdl.handle.net/10593/444 Opening in a new tab
- Keywords in English
- organizational commitment; job involvement; psychological contract
- Abstract in English
- The main objective of this dissertation was to examine how changes in labor market and in the relations between an employee and an organization (which means increased number of private companies in Polish labor market, increased number of temporary contracts as compared to permanent ones and increased frequency of breaching the psychological contract) affect attitudes towards work and the organization. In the research a three-dimensional concept of organizational commitment suggested by Meyer and Allen (1997) and Kanungo definition of job involvement (1982) were used. The data for this study were collected from 330 Polish employees holding different forms of employment: classic employment (N=198) and temporary work (N=132). Participants were recruited from two organizations: public administration (N=205) and a private company (N=125). The research has shown that work locus of control, breach of psychological contract and psychological climate had a significant influence on attitudes towards work and organization, forms of employment (permanent/temporary), however, did not contribute to a significant increment in prediction of organizational commitment and job involvement. Finally, psychological climate mediated the relationships between a psychological contract breach and work attitudes, this influence, however, was moderated by the type of the organization: public/private.
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://researchportal.amu.edu.pl/info/phd/UAMff6f859a04d74d60a17c425aa4b15f6b/
- URN
urn:amu-prod:UAMff6f859a04d74d60a17c425aa4b15f6b