Affective organizational commitment, self‐concept, and work performance: A social comparison perspective

• Published in: International journal of selection and assessment Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 411 - 426
• Main Authors: Tang, Wei‐Gang, Vandenberghe, Christian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2022
• Subjects: affective organizational commitment; Employees; self‐concept; social comparison; work performance

Using two studies and four samples, we introduce new forms of assimilative and contrastive affective organizational commitment (AOC) from a social comparison perspective and examine their distinctiveness from traditional AOC. We further explore the interplay among assimilative and contrastive AOCs a...