Purpose – Psychological empowerment and organizational commitment continues to be of interest to researchers as well as practitioners. There are several researches on organizational commitment. The research with respect to psychological empowerment, which is emerging as very important factor...

Purpose – This exploratory research seeks to examine the relationship between employee commitment and financial performance in the Greek retail banking sector. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 331 questionnaires were completed by bank employees. Data were analyzed via confirmatory...

Purpose – The extant scholarly research has been delving into several effects of downsizing, such as job insecurity, organizational commitment and innovative behavior. The purpose of this paper is to develop a model proposing organizational commitment as a mediator between job insecurity and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is first, to overview the current research situation on job embeddedness (JE), including the theoretical underpinning of JE, the definition and dimensions of JE, its comparisons with similar constructs, and its global and composite measure; second, to...

Purpose – Athletic coaches are responsible for team relationships and a team's performance, yet many may leave the coaching profession or withdraw from team management because of work‐family issues. The purpose of this study is to use ecological theory as a guide to theorize on the...

Purpose – This paper seeks to question and discuss the relevance of organizational, customer and professional commitment for effectively managing financial service firms. In particular, it aims to study differences between employed and self‐employed finance professionals. Design/methodology...

Purpose – This study proposes and tests a model that attempts to explain the role of situational and personal‐related factors relating to why top executives become involved in their jobs. Design/methodology/approach – Building on job involvement, literature, the present study involved...

Purpose – This study is an attempt to contribute to an emerging stream of research, which attempts to explore how work commitment forms affect one another and how together they serve to influence work behaviour and outcomes. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on five universal forms of...

Purpose – To investigate the new leadership dimensions questionnaire (LDQ) and a related framework for assessing an individual's leadership style in relation to the context in which the leader works; the three new LDQ sub‐scales designed to measure organisational context, follower commitment...

Purpose – This paper aims to determine if the emotional structure of direct healthcare workers was related to their commitment to the organization. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 105 direct healthcare workers completed self‐report surveys to determine their emotional...