Journal Article10.2307/255757
Work Values and Organizational Commitment
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TL;DR: Investigation of the relationship between work values, defined as the Protestant Ethic of the worker, and commitment to the organization shows that work values are related more to moral than calculative involvement.
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Abstract: Dubin, Champoux and Porter (1975) found a strong relationship between central life interests of workers and their commitment to the organization. This paper extends their findings by investigating the relationship between work values, defined as the Protestant Ethic of the worker, and commitment to the organization. A distinction is made between moral and calculative commitment, and it is shown that work values are related more to moral than calculative involvement.
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