TY - JOUR
AU - Relyea, Clint
AB - The Journal of Social Psvchology, 2003, 143(6), 789-791 A Social Identity Perspective on the Relationship Between Perceived Organizational Support and Organizational Commitment J. BRYAN FULLER TIM BARNETT Department of Management and Marketing Louisiana Tech University KIM HESTER CLINT RELYEA Department of Management and Marketing Arkansas State University RESEARCHERS HAVE CONSISTENTLY FOUND perceived organizational support (POS) to be positively related to organizational commitment (eg, Set- toon, Bennett, & Liden, 1996). POS is defined as people’s “global beliefs about the extent to which the organization cares about their well-being and values their contributions” (Eisenberger, Huntington, Hutchinson, & Sowa, 1986, p. 501). The relationship between POS and organizational commitment is based on social exchange theory and the norm of reciprocity (Gouldner, 1960). That is, because commitment can be an exchange commodity, people are likely to become com- mitted to an organization when they feel that the organization is committed to them. Because no research had explored other theoretical explanations for the rela- tionship between POS and organizational commitment, the present study was designed to examine that relationship from a perspective of social identity theory. Social identity theory suggests that people “remain loyal when they feel that their organizations . . . value 
TI - A Social Identity Perspective on the Relationship Between Perceived Organizational Support and Organizational Commitment
JF - The Journal of Social Psychology
DO - 10.1080/00224540309600432
DA - 2003-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/a-social-identity-perspective-on-the-relationship-between-perceived-8tGU4f4cJZ
SP - 789
EP - 791
VL - 143
IS - 6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -