BusinessPsychology

George Cheney, P. Tompkins

1987.3.1Communication Studies

DOI: 10.1080/10510978709368225

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Examines organizational identification and commitment to understand their interrelations and distinctiveness.

Abstract

The concepts of organizational identification and organizational commitment are examined in an effort to explicate both their interrelations and their distinctiveness. The essay establishes identification as a term referring to the “substance” of individual‐organizational relationships and commitment as referring to their form.

Citation format

CHENEY, George; TOMPKINS, P. Coming to terms with organizational identification and commitment. Communication Studies, 1987, 38: 1–15.