Improving Employees' Goal Commitment: The Contribution of Perceived Organizational Support

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dc.contributor.advisorEisenberger, Robert
dc.contributor.committeeMemberWitt, L. Alan
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSteinberg, Lynne
dc.contributor.committeeMemberShore, Lynn M.
dc.creatorZheng, Dianhan
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-20T00:11:37Z
dc.date.available2019-11-20T00:11:37Z
dc.date.createdMay 2015
dc.date.issued2015-05
dc.date.submittedMay 2015
dc.date.updated2019-11-20T00:11:38Z
dc.description.abstractI carried out a study with 355 employees of a social welfare agency to investigate the relationship between perceived organizational support (POS), involving employees’ perceptions of positive valuation by the organization and goal commitment. I found that POS was positively related to employees’ commitment to assigned work goals which, in turn, was associated with increased in-role and extra-role performance. The relationship between POS and goal commitment was mediated by organizational identification and self-efficacy. Moreover, the relationships between POS and both organizational identification and self-efficacy were enhanced when employees perceived that their organization was highly competent in fulfilling its objectives. Thus, POS may serve as an important contextual factor contributing to employees’ commitment to a variety of work goals.
dc.description.departmentPsychology, Department of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/5466
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).
dc.subjectPerceived organizational support
dc.subjectGoal commitment
dc.subjectOrganizational competence
dc.titleImproving Employees' Goal Commitment: The Contribution of Perceived Organizational Support
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
thesis.degree.departmentPsychology
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychology, Industrial and Organizational
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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