Employee—Organization Linkages

Preface1 Employee-Organization Linkages: An Introduction Importance of Employee-Organization Linkages Impact of Societal Changes on Employee-Organization Linkages Implications of Reduced Employee-Organization Linkages Plan of the Book2 Nature of Organizational Commitment Definition of Organizational Commitment Antecedents of Organizational Commitment Consequences of Organizational Commitment Summary3 Development of Organizational Commitment Development of Organizational Commitment: A Conceptual Framework Anticipation: Pre-employment and Job Choice Influences on Commitment Initiation: Early Employment Influences on Organizational Commitment Entrenchment: Continuing Commitment to Organizations Longitudinal Studies of the Commitment Process Organizational Commitment: A Future Research Agenda Summary4 Determinants of Employee Absenteeism Extent and Cost of Absenteeism Relationship between Absenteeism and Turnover Measuring Employee Absenteeism A Model of Employee Attendance Employee Absenteeism: A Future Research Agenda Summary5 Determinants of Employee Turnover Extent of Turnover Measuring Employee Turnover Previous Research on Employee Turnover A Model of Voluntary Employee Turnover Employee Turnover: A Future Research Agenda Summary6 Consequences of Employee Commitment Turnover, and Absenteeism Consequences of Employee Commitment Consequences of Employee Turnover Consequences of Employee Absenteeism Consequences of Employee-Organization Linkages: A Future Research Agenda Summary7 Accommodating the Participation-Withdrawal Decision: A Cognitive Analysis Attitudinal Consequences of Decisions to Stay or Leave Interpreting the Causes of Turnover Behavior Cognitive Accommodation of the Participation Decision: A Future Research Agenda Summary8 Conclusion: An Agenda for Managers Nature of Employee-Organization Linkages Issues for Management Approaches Available to Managers to Strengthen Linkages SummaryAppendix The Measurement of Organizational CommitmentReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index