Employee satisfaction and commitment

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Cards (24)

  • Employees may be satisfied with one facet of work but not on another
  • Affective Commitment – the extent to which an employee wants to remain with the organization, cares about the organization, and is willing to exert effort on its behalf
  • Continuance commitment – the extent to which an employee believes she must remain with the organization due to the time, expense, and effort that she has already put into it or the difficulty she would have in finding another job
  • Normative Commitment – the extent to which an employee feels obligated to the organization and, as a result of this obligation, must remain with the organization
  • People who are unhappy in life and unhappy on their jobs will not leave their jobs, because they are used to being unhappy.