title: Understanding organizational commitment: A meta-analytic examination of the roles of the five-factor model of personality and culture.
abstract: We examined the relationships between the Five-Factor Model (FFM) of personality traits and three forms of organizational commitment (affective, normative, and continuance commitment) and their variability across individualistic and collectivistic cultures. Meta-analytic results based on 55 independent samples from 50 studies (N = 18,262) revealed that (a) all FFM traits had positive relationships with affective commitment; (b) all FFM traits had positive relationships with normative commitment; and (c) Emotional Stability, Extraversion, and Openness to Experience had negative relationships with continuance commitment. In particular, Agreeableness was found to be the trait most strongly related to both affective and normative commitment. The results also showed that Agreeableness had stronger relationships with affective and normative commitment in collectivistic cultures than in individualistic cultures. We provide theoretical and practical implications of these findings for personality, job attitudes, and employee selection and retention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne.
authors.forename: Daejeong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Resource Management, Fox School of Business, Temple University.
authors.forename: In-Sue
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.affiliation: Department of Management and Organizations, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa.
authors.forename: Amy E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Colbert
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010551:Personality; D010558:Personnel Loyalty