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ERIC Number: EJ878992
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Jun
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0001-8791
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Idiosyncratic Deals and Organizational Commitment
Ng, Thomas W. H.; Feldman, Daniel C.
Journal of Vocational Behavior, v76 n3 p419-427 Jun 2010
This article examines the relationship between idiosyncratic deals and organizational commitment. In particular, it examines how two individual differences which reflect self-worth (core self-evaluations and age) moderate that relationship. We predicted that employees with feelings of high self-worth will expect and will feel entitled to these deals, but employees with feelings of low self-worth will feel particularly obligated to reciprocate positively for special treatment. Data were collected from 375 managers at two points in time. As predicted, the relationship between idiosyncratic deals and affective organizational commitment was stronger for those managers who had low core self-evaluations. While the two-way interaction effect between idiosyncratic deals and age was not significant, we did find modest evidence for a three-way interaction effect. As predicted, the strongest relationship between idiosyncratic deals and organizational commitment occurred for older workers who had low core self-evaluations. (Contains 2 figures and 2 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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