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

Continuance commitment

Our Classification

Error Estimates

Cronbach's alpha = 0.85

Remarks

Allen & Meyer (1990)

Distribution

M = 4.15; SD = 1.55

Operationalization

self report on 6 statements:
a. " Right now, staying with my organization is a matter of necessity as much as desire";
b. "It would be very hard for me to leave my organization right now, even if I wanted to do that";
c. "Too much of my life would be disrupted if I decided I wanted to leave my organization now";
d. "I feel that I have too few options to consider leaving this organization";
e. "One of the major reasons I continue to work for this organization is that leaving would require considerable personal sacrifice -- another organization may not match the overall benefits I have here";
f. "One of the few serious consequences of leaving this organization would be the scarcity of available alternatives"
Rated:
1 strongly disagree
:
5 strongly agree

Observed Relation with Happiness