Understanding Commitment: Relations Between Major Commitment, Satisfaction, Involvement, Fit, University Commitment, and Intention to Quit
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2018
Department
Psychology
Abstract
Various factors have shown to relate to different forms of career commitment (i.e., affective, continuance, and normative commitment). Commitment has been associated with intent to remain within a profession or organization, suggesting that commitment is an important component of career retention. Correspondingly, commitment to one’s academic major may also provide information about university retention. The current study examined fit (e.g., objective and subjective), attitudes (e.g., organizational commitment, satisfaction, involvement, and intention to quit), and demographic (e.g., semesters in major) factors that have been previously related to career commitment to investigate the construct of major commitment of undergraduate students (N = 303). Using canonical correlation analysis, several significant relationships were found with approximately 69% and 67% of the shared variance between the three forms of major commitment and other variables for Black and White students, respectively, being explained.
Publication Title
Journal of Career Development
Volume
45
Issue
2
First Page
166
Last Page
182
Recommended Citation
Womack, A. J.,
Leuty, M. E.,
Bullock-Yowell, E.,
Mandracchia, J. T.
(2018). Understanding Commitment: Relations Between Major Commitment, Satisfaction, Involvement, Fit, University Commitment, and Intention to Quit. Journal of Career Development, 45(2), 166-182.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/15528
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