TY - JOUR
T1 - Organizational commitment in the context of multinational corporations
T2 - a critical review and directions for future research
AU - Presbitero, Alfred
AU - Newman, Alexander
AU - Le, Huong
AU - Jiang, Zhou
AU - Zheng, Connie
PY - 2019/1/2
Y1 - 2019/1/2
N2 - The antecedents and outcomes of organizational commitment (OC) have been studied extensively over the last three decades. While the majority of research has focused on the OC of employees working in organizations based in a single country or region, studies have also emerged examining the OC of employees working in multinational corporations (MNCs). However, there has been no attempt to comprehensively review and synthesize the literature in this area, limiting our understanding on how to effectively manage OC in MNCs. The present study conducts a systematic review of empirical literature on OC in the MNC context. We review literature on the theoretical foundations, antecedents and outcomes of OC in MNCs, and evaluate empirical papers that expand our understanding of the nomological network of constructs to which OC is related in the MNC context. Building on the review, we then present a future research agenda, which targets opportunities for empirical and theoretical advancement of research on OC in the MNC setting.
AB - The antecedents and outcomes of organizational commitment (OC) have been studied extensively over the last three decades. While the majority of research has focused on the OC of employees working in organizations based in a single country or region, studies have also emerged examining the OC of employees working in multinational corporations (MNCs). However, there has been no attempt to comprehensively review and synthesize the literature in this area, limiting our understanding on how to effectively manage OC in MNCs. The present study conducts a systematic review of empirical literature on OC in the MNC context. We review literature on the theoretical foundations, antecedents and outcomes of OC in MNCs, and evaluate empirical papers that expand our understanding of the nomological network of constructs to which OC is related in the MNC context. Building on the review, we then present a future research agenda, which targets opportunities for empirical and theoretical advancement of research on OC in the MNC setting.
KW - Affective commitment
KW - continuance commitment
KW - multinational corporations
KW - normative commitment
KW - organizational commitment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85059060230&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09585192.2018.1511614
DO - 10.1080/09585192.2018.1511614
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85059060230
VL - 30
SP - 188
EP - 218
JO - International Journal of Human Resource Management
JF - International Journal of Human Resource Management
SN - 0958-5192
IS - 1
ER -