Abstract
The aim of this study is to extend research on employee affective commitment in three ways: (1) instead of organizational commitment the focus is on occupational commitment; (2) the role of proactive personality on affective occupational commitment is examined; and (3) occupational satisfaction is examined as a mediator and political skills as moderator in the relationship between proactive personality and affective occupational commitment. Two connected studies, one in a hospital located in the private sector and one in a university located in the public sector, are carried out in Pakistan, drawing on a total sample of over 400 employees. The results show that proactive personality is positively related to affective occupational commitment, and that occupational satisfaction partly mediates the relationship between proactive personality and affective occupational commitment. No effect is found for a moderator effect of political skills in the relationship between proactive personality and affective occupational commitment. Political skills however moderate the relationship between proactive personality and affective organizational commitment. © 2011 The Author(s).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 211-230 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Asia Pacific Journal of Management |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 4 Jun 2011 |
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| Publication status | Published - Mar 2013 |
Bibliographical note
© The Author(s) 2011. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.comCreative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. The CC BY license permits commercial and non-commercial re-use of an open access article, as long as the original author and source are properly attributed.
Keywords
- affective occupational commitment
- affective organizational commitment
- occupational satisfaction
- political skills
- proactive personality