Affective, Normative, and Continuance Commitment
Measures Organizational Commitment.
Sample items
- “I enjoy discussing my organization with people outside of it”
- “I would be very happy to spend the rest of my career with this organization (RS)”
Reliability & validity
Cronbach's α 0.77–0.88 across reported samples.
Sources
- Meyer and Allen (1997)
Deploy it
The full item bank and survey deployment live in the People Analytics Toolbox (the enterprise survey-item library), with the min-N privacy gate.
What the literature says
The measurement literature behind this signal — sourced, so you can defend it.
“56 Commitment There is a real cost and sacrifice to achieving our goals and living our values. Pain, difficulty, setbacks, fear, and adversity are all part of the process. They are necessary parts that we have to endure en route to achievement. You might think of commitment as…”
— Great Course Psychology of Performancematch 50%
“54 we think and feel. When we willingly feel the painful emotions in service of our performance-related values, that is acceptance. The following is a language tip that will also facilitate acceptance: ›We often say things like this: “I want to do X, but it’s hard.” “I want to…”
— Great Course Psychology of Performancematch 46%
“Scope: Other triggering mechanisms influence our behavior beyond reciprocity. When people make a commitment to behave in a certain way, they feel an obligation to be consistent with the commitment. Examples of this mechanism include bettors who are more confident of a bet after…”
— Great Course Psychology of Human Behaviormatch 44%
Resources: Great Course Psychology of Performance · Great Course Psychology of Human Behavior