Abstract Path analysis was employed to examine eight hypotheses about variables associated with an internal auditor's level of organizational-professional conflict. Supervisory status had a positive impact on organizational commitment. Tenure with the organization had a negative impact upon organizational-professional conflict and personnel turnovel intentions. Membership in the Institute of Internal Auditors had a positive impact upon organizational-professional conflict and professional commitment. Organizational commitment and professional commitment interacted to affect organizational-professional conflict, with organizational commitment having a positive impact and professional commitment having a negative impact. Organizational commitment positively affected job satisfaction, while professional commitment negatively affected personnel turnover intentions. Organizational-professional conflict negatively affected job satisfaction and job satisfaction negatively affected turnover intentions.
Harrell et al. (Sat,) studied this question.