Affective, Continuance, and Normative Commitment among Student Affairs Professionals

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dc.contributor.advisorAudrey J. Jaeger, Ph.D., Committee Memberen_US
dc.contributor.advisorDuane Akroyd, Ph.D., Committee Chairen_US
dc.contributor.advisorColleen O. Grochowski, Ph.D., Committee Memberen_US
dc.contributor.advisorLarry Moneta, Ed.D., Committee Memberen_US
dc.contributor.authorBoehman, Josephen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-02T19:21:03Z
dc.date.available2010-04-02T19:21:03Z
dc.date.issued2006-07-16en_US
dc.degree.disciplineHigher Education Administrationen_US
dc.degree.leveldissertationen_US
dc.degree.nameEdDen_US
dc.description.abstractStudent affairs professionals generally describe a calling to their work, but attrition statistics indicate that there is a significant personal and professional cost associated with this calling. How do individuals become committed to student affairs, and why do they stay committed? The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of several factors on the development and maintenance of organizational commitment among student affairs professionals. A conceptual framework which includes organizational politics, organizational support, organizational structure, job satisfaction, middle manager status, a work/non-work interaction construct, and three types of organizational commitment was proposed. Data was collected from a national survey of student affairs professionals via a web-based survey. Results showed partial support for the conceptual framework. Specifically, results indicated that organizational support, overall job satisfaction, and organizational politics are antecedents of affective and normative commitment, and that organizational politics is an antecedent of continuance commitment. Results showed a correlation between work/non-work interaction factors and organizational support. Implications for future research as well as practical implications are discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.otheretd-03252006-142118en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.16/5851
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dc.subjectstudent affairs professionalsen_US
dc.subjectorganizational supporten_US
dc.subjectjob satisfactionen_US
dc.subjectorganizational politicsen_US
dc.subjectwork/non-work interactionen_US
dc.subjectbalanceen_US
dc.subjectmiddle managersen_US
dc.subjectnormative commitmenten_US
dc.subjectcontinuance commitmenten_US
dc.subjectaffective commitmenten_US
dc.subjectorganizational commitmenten_US
dc.titleAffective, Continuance, and Normative Commitment among Student Affairs Professionalsen_US

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