Attitudinal organizational commitment and job performance: a meta-analysis

• Published in: Journal of organizational behavior Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 257 - 266
• Main Author: Riketta, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.05.2002; John Wiley & Sons; Wiley Periodicals Inc
• Subjects: Bias; Correlation analysis; Correlation coefficients; Correlations; Crossnational studies; Employee attitude; Employees; Hypotheses; Job evaluation; Job performance; Job performance evaluation; Manual labor; Meta analysis; Normativity; Organizational behavior; Organizational commitment; Performance appraisal; Questionnaires; Sampling errors; Social psychology; Statistical variance; Studies; Supervisors; Systematic review; Variables; White collar workers
• ISSN: 0894-3796; 1099-1379
• DOI: 10.1002/job.141

A meta-analysis was conducted to estimate the true correlation between attitudinal organizational commitment and job performance and to identify moderators of this correlation. One-hundred and eleven samples from 93 published studies were included. The corrected mean correlation was 0.20. The correlation was at least marginally significantly stronger for: (a) extra-role performance as opposed to in-role performance; (b) white-collar workers as opposed to blue-collar workers; and (c) performance assessed by self ratings as opposed to supervisor ratings or objective indicators. Four other assumed moderators (commitment measure: Affective Commitment Scale versus Organizational Commitment Questionnaire, job level, age, and tenure) did not have at least marginally significant effects.