TY - JOUR
T1 - Multiple foci and bases of commitment in a Chinese workforce
AU - Chana, Andy W.
AU - SNAPE, Ed
AU - Redmanc, Tom
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the Hong Kong Research Grants Council for providing financial support under the Competitive Earmarked Research Grant scheme (grant number PolyU 5234/02H; project code B-Q623) and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University for financial support under a Central Research Grant (project code G-T415).
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - We evaluate the contribution of multiple foci and bases of commitment in explaining work attitudes and behaviours in a Chinese workforce. Findings suggest that the organization, supervisor, co-workers and the union were seen by respondents as separate commitment foci, along with both the affective and instrumental bases. Affective commitments were related differently to organizational and union citizenship behaviours and withdrawal cognitions, providing some evidence of a matching of focal commitments and outcomes. Instrumental commitments were less successful in predicting outcomes, apart from organizational withdrawal cognitions. Our findings provide additional evidence on the utility of the multiple commitments perspective in the Chinese context, extending previous studies to include union commitment and providing some initial support for the inclusion of instrumental-based commitments.
AB - We evaluate the contribution of multiple foci and bases of commitment in explaining work attitudes and behaviours in a Chinese workforce. Findings suggest that the organization, supervisor, co-workers and the union were seen by respondents as separate commitment foci, along with both the affective and instrumental bases. Affective commitments were related differently to organizational and union citizenship behaviours and withdrawal cognitions, providing some evidence of a matching of focal commitments and outcomes. Instrumental commitments were less successful in predicting outcomes, apart from organizational withdrawal cognitions. Our findings provide additional evidence on the utility of the multiple commitments perspective in the Chinese context, extending previous studies to include union commitment and providing some initial support for the inclusion of instrumental-based commitments.
KW - Affective commitment
KW - China
KW - Instrumental commitment
KW - Multiple commitments
KW - Organizational citizenship behaviour
KW - Union citizenship behaviour
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U2 - 10.1080/09585192.2011.586866
DO - 10.1080/09585192.2011.586866
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:80053282695
SN - 0958-5192
VL - 22
SP - 3290
EP - 3304
JO - International Journal of Human Resource Management
JF - International Journal of Human Resource Management
IS - 16
ER -