TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship between the three components of commitment and employee performance in China
AU - Chen, Zhen Xiong
AU - Francesco, Anne Marie
N1 - This research was supported by grants from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project HKBU 2025/98H), the Research Committee, Hong Kong Baptist University (Project FRG/97-98/II-22), and a Direct Allocation Grant from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology during the time that the second author was a visiting scholar there. The authors would like to thank Samuel Aryee and Donald Campbell for their comments on an earlier draft of this paper.
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PY - 2003/6
Y1 - 2003/6
N2 - This study examined the relationship between the three components of organizational commitment and performance, defined as in-role performance and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), using a sample of 253 supervisor–subordinate dyads from the People's Republic of China. Results showed that affective commitment (AC) related positively to in-role performance and OCB, while continuance commitment (CC) was not associated with in-role performance but negatively correlated with OCB. In addition, normative commitment (NC) moderated the relationship between AC and in-role performance as well as OCB. The linear relationship between AC and in-role performance/OCB was stronger for those with lower NC. Limitations of the study, directions for future research, and implications of the findings are discussed.
AB - This study examined the relationship between the three components of organizational commitment and performance, defined as in-role performance and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), using a sample of 253 supervisor–subordinate dyads from the People's Republic of China. Results showed that affective commitment (AC) related positively to in-role performance and OCB, while continuance commitment (CC) was not associated with in-role performance but negatively correlated with OCB. In addition, normative commitment (NC) moderated the relationship between AC and in-role performance as well as OCB. The linear relationship between AC and in-role performance/OCB was stronger for those with lower NC. Limitations of the study, directions for future research, and implications of the findings are discussed.
KW - Organizational commitment
KW - In-role performance
KW - Organizational citizenship behavior
KW - People's Republic of China
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U2 - 10.1016/S0001-8791(02)00064-7
DO - 10.1016/S0001-8791(02)00064-7
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:0038276070
SN - 0001-8791
VL - 62
SP - 490
EP - 510
JO - Journal of Vocational Behavior
JF - Journal of Vocational Behavior
IS - 3
ER -