JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Reframing Employee Well-Being and Organizational Commitment
Author(s): Matthew Kolakowski, Todd Royle, Edward D. Walker, II, Janice Pittman
Citation: Matthew Kolakowski, Todd Royle, Edward D. Walker, II, Janice Pittman, (2020) "Reframing Employee Well-Being and Organizational Commitment," Journal of Organizational Psychology, Vol. 20, Iss. 5, pp. 30-42
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
We developed and tested a model examining the influence of employee well-being on reported levels of affective organizational commitment. Utilizing the PERMA profiler to measure positive emotion, negative emotion, and physical health, we proposed that positive emotion and physical health increase affective commitment levels. Subsequently, we assess whether negative emotion and ill-physical health decrease reported affective commitment. We tested our model utilizing 190 respondents taken from an anonymous survey. Findings support our hypotheses as high levels of positive emotion and physical health positively impact affective commitment. Negative emotion and physical ill-health, on the other hand, decrease employee affective commitment.