Concise Introduction to Workplace Commitments

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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.

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