Organizational and career-oriented commitment and employee development behaviors

OK A. B., Vandenberghe C.

JOURNAL OF MANAGERIAL PSYCHOLOGY, vol.31, no.5, pp.930-945, 2016 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 31 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1108/jmp-04-2015-0157
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF MANAGERIAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.930-945
  • Keywords: Perceived organizational support, Organizational commitment, Competence development, Proactive personality, Career-oriented commitment, Feedback-seeking, VOLUNTARY LEARNING-BEHAVIOR, FEEDBACK-SEEKING BEHAVIOR, PROACTIVE PERSONALITY, TURNOVER INTENTIONS, SOCIAL-EXCHANGE, ANTECEDENTS, OUTCOMES, EMBEDDEDNESS, METAANALYSIS, MANAGEMENT
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to contrast the foundations of (affective) organizational and career-oriented commitment. Using social exchange theory as a background, organizational commitment is proposed as a mediator between perceived organizational support (POS) and competence development activities and feedback-seeking behavior. Career-oriented commitment, defined as a self-interested orientation toward one's career, is proposed to mediate a positive relationship between proactive personality and competence development but a negative relationship between proactive personality and feedback-seeking.