Critical Evaluation of Porter et al.'s Organizational Commitment Questionnaire: Implications for Researchers |
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| Authors: | Nathalie Commeiras Christophe Fournier |
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| Institution: | 1. Nathalie Commeiras (Ph.D., University of Montpellier 2—France) is an Assistant Professor. Her Ph.D. is in Business Administration. Her research and teaching deal with human resource management (organizational commitment, salaries and remuneration, and organizational change) and sales force management. She has published articles in academic journals and has presented papers at various conferences.;2. Both authors are members of the Center for Research in Business Administration (CREGO) at the University of Montpellier 2, France. They teach at the University Institute of Technology.;3. Christophe Fournier (Ph.D., University of Montpellier 2—France) is a professor of marketing. His research topics are direct marketing and sales force management. Some of his work deals with the development of synergies between these two means of commercial action. He has presented papers and published articles at both the national and international levels (Journal of Direct Marketing, Robert B. Clarke Educators' Conference—DMEF). |
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| Abstract: | Organizational commitment is a useful construct for understanding employee behavior. The Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (Porter et al. 1974) has been used extensively to operationalize this construct, but its dimensionality is unclear. The present work assesses the dimensionality of the OCQ using two sales force samples. |
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