Concise Introduction to Workplace Commitments (Elgar Concise Introductions) - Hardcover

Meyer, John P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 103531665X ISBN 13: 9781035316656

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025

Synopsis

Our Elgar Concise Introductions are inspiring and considered. They explain the key principles in business and are expertly written by some of the world’s leading scholars. The aims of the series are two-fold: to pinpoint essential concepts of business and management, and to offer insights that stimulate critical thinking.

Providing an informative overview of workplace commitments, this Concise Introduction explores how this knowledge can influence management practices. Investigating individual, communal and unit-level workplace commitments, John P. Meyer considers commitment in the context of the changing nature of work. As well as reviewing theory and research pertaining to employees’ commitments in organizations, he expands on the implications for organizational effectiveness.

Key Features:

• Illuminates new directions for research
• Provides advice to guide management practice
• Introduces new methodology and analytic strategies
• Expands upon current knowledge and research on employee commitment

The Concise Introduction to Workplace Commitments is an essential and accessible guide for students, academics and scholars of leadership and change management. The book is also of practical help to management consultants and organizations.

About this title

About the Author

John P. Meyer, Professor, Department of Psychology, The University of Western Ontario, Canada

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 103531665X
• ISBN 13: 9781035316656
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 154