Study Cropanzano & James (1993): study US 1990 /1

Public

Pathology laboratory personnel, United States, 1990

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 198

Non Response

12%

Assessment

Multiple assesment methods
questionnaire and rating by supervisor

Correlate

Authors's Label

Affective commitment

Our Classification

Error Estimates

Cronbach's alpha = 0.89

Remarks

Allen & Meyer (1990)

Distribution

M = 4.67; SD = 1.5

Operationalization

Self report on 6 statements:
a. "This organization has a great deal of personal meaninig for me";
b. " I do not feel emotionally attached to this organization" (R);
c. "I really feel as if this organization's problems are my own";
d.  "I would be very happy to spend the rest of my career with this organization";
e. "I do not feel a strong sense of 'belonging' to my organization" (R);
f. "I do not feel like 'part of the family' in my organization" (R)
Rated:
1 strongly disagree
:
5 strongly agree

Observed Relation with Happiness