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To operationalize commitment to an organization or profession and test the validity of the side-bet hypothesis in explaining employee retention.

June 1, 1973Social Forces

On Operationalizing the Concept of Commitment

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JAJoseph A. AluttoVisiting Nurse Service of New York LHLawrence G. HrebiniakUniversity of Pennsylvania RARamon C. AlonsoAlbany State University

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Cross-sectional survey demonstrates the role of side-bets in shaping commitment among teachers and nurses, supporting structural models of employee retention.

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To operationalize commitment to an organization or profession and test the validity of the side-bet hypothesis in explaining employee retention.
Surveyed 318 school teachers and 395 hospital-employed nurses (N=713).
Operationalized commitment by measuring willingness to leave an organization or occupation when offered slight improvements in pay, status, autonomy, and coworker friendliness.
Supported the side-bets theory as a structural phenomenon that shapes professional and organizational commitment.
Contradicted earlier findings by Ritzer and Trice by demonstrating that structural investments constrain individuals from leaving their roles.

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Alutto et al. (1973) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a10fd0eba20d9a181ee95e2 https://doi.org/10.2307/2576690

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Cross-sectional survey demonstrates the role of side-bets in shaping commitment among teachers and nurses, supporting structural models of employee retention.

On Operationalizing the Concept of Commitment

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On Operationalizing the Concept of Commitment

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