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A study of how family-work conflict and type A personality may moderate the relationship between obsessive passion and organizational commitment

Posted on:2015-03-14Degree:D.MgtType:Dissertation
University:Webster UniversityCandidate:Elliot, LynnFull Text:PDF
GTID:1479390017998775Subject:Business Administration
Abstract/Summary:
As employers place more demands on employees, organizations are interested in how these demands interact with contextual factors which may influence employee performance outcomes such as organizational commitment. Organizations, individuals and physicians have called for such research to understand the effects personality and conflict have on passion that subsequently affects individual's organizational commitment. This study investigated how two specific individual characteristics (Type A personality and obsessive passion) and family-work conflict may be related to individuals' organizational commitment. Both cognitive evaluation theory and social identity theory provide a foundation for this study. The goal of this research project seeks to provide theoretical as well as practical evidence to organizations who are interested in understanding some of the antecedents of organizational commitment.;Key Words: Obsessive passion; Type A personality; Conflict; Organizational Commitment.
Keywords/Search Tags:Organizational commitment, Obsessive passion, Conflict, Personality, Type
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